They mirrored the US; protests, etc.
The Việt Minh initially formed to seek independence for Vietnam from France and later to oppose the Japanese occupation.
The US offered to help south Vietnam in 1961 to help Vietnam preserve its independence from the North. It was during the Cold War, and the US was fighting Communist Russia across the world.
Declaration of Independence of Vietnam happened in 1945.
North Vietnam was controlled by communists.
Vietnam's independence movement was led by communists.
Vietnam was a French colony. The people went to war with France to gain their independence.
You mean "When did the Vietnam War start?" or "when did Vietnam the country begin" The Vietnam War officially started in the early 1950s, when France refused to give independence to French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos,Cambodia). The French surrendered in 1954, and Vietnam gained independence as two separate countries in 1955. The US involvement lasted from 1957 until 1975. Modern day Vietnam was founded in 1976.
Vietnam's independence movement was led by communists.
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Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam
The primary reason for the US not supporting the Vietnamese in their struggle for independence was the fear of communism spreading in Southeast Asia. The US saw Vietnam as a battleground in the larger Cold War conflict against the Soviet Union and feared that allowing Vietnam to gain independence from France would lead to a communist takeover.