NVA & VC verses US/Australia/New Zealand/S. Korea/S. Vietnam/Thailand/Philippines.
NVA & VC were supplied by Red China/USSR.
The Viet Cong were a cadre of patriot civilians in South Vietnam who were willing to fight for Vietnam's unification. The North Vietnamese Army was assembled and trained in the North, and sent south to fight to discourage and remove the United States and their allies from what they called the 'occupation' of South Vietnam.
For North Vietnam or South Vietnam? The North Vietnamese were known simply as the 'North Vietnamese Army' (NVA) to US forces, but their actual title was Vietnam Peoples' Army, as it common practice in Communist states. The South Vietnamese Army was referred to as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN).
ARVN=Army Republic of South Vietnam. NVA=North Vietnamese Army.
NVA-North Viet Army ARVN-Army Republic South Vietnam During the Civil war, the South were the Confederates, and the North were the Union
ARVN stands for "Army of the Republic of Viet Nam." This was the South VietNam Army that the U.S. and other allies supported until April, 1973 - when all other forces withdrew from South Vietnam, turning their military equipment over to the ARVN.
Yes, Republic of South Korean Servicemen fighting in Vietnam were referred to as ROK's...the ROK Army (Republic of South Korea).
The North Vietnamese Army would break the treaty and invaded South Vietnam. South Vietnam quickly fell to North Vietnam, which created one, Socialist Vietnam.
The north Vietnamese were fighting with the south Vietnamese because the Viet-min (north) wanted to impliment a communist government and the Viet-cong (south) wanted to remain as they were. The USA interfene and made the whole thing worse.
The South Vietnamese referred to Communists LIVING in "South Vietnam" as the Viet Cong. Not to be confused with enemy soldiers entering South Vietnam FROM North Vietnam, the NVA (North Viet Army).
Physically, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, South Vietnam, and the Philippines had troops in Vietnam for the allies. Physically, the North Vietnamese Army and the southern communists called the Viet Cong were the opponent in South Vietnam. The Soviet Union and Communist (Red) China supplied material aid.
South Vietnam
North and South Vietnam were unified in 1976 to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese Army captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, in 1975, leading to the unification of the country under communist rule.