Well, honey, let me break it down for you. Vietnam split into North and South after the Geneva Accords in 1954, following the First Indochina War. The North was controlled by the communists under Ho Chi Minh, while the South was led by anti-communist forces. It was like a messy divorce that led to the Vietnam War, honey.
In 1956, it divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam. They remained that way until the South Vietnam government surrendered to North Vietnam forces in April, 1975.
Vietnam was split into 2 separate countries north and south then the north attacked the south and after many years of guerrilla warfare the north won then communism spread through out the country and reunification of the country.
The south
When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, North and South Vietnam became one communist nation called Vietnam.
Communist NORTH Vietnam wanted to re-unite with it's SOUTHERN half; SOUTH Vietnam. The US backed South Vietnam desired to remain a non-communist Republic of South Vietnam. Because the "Communists" were involved, and this was the cold war era; the US had to stop & contain communism. The North attacked the South, the South resisted...Vietnam War.
North Vietnam is bordered to the west by Laos and China, while South Vietnam does not exist as a separate country currently. But historically, it was bordered to the west by Cambodia and Laos.
In 1956, it divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam. They remained that way until the South Vietnam government surrendered to North Vietnam forces in April, 1975.
You can use the term "Vietnamese" now because there is such a thing. But technically you couldn't during the war because there were two categories of Vietnamese; Southern ones and Northern ones. They were separate countries like todays South Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia are separate states in the United States of America. Those are separate states from NORTH Carolina, NORTH Dakota, and the state of VIRGINIA. The Vietnam War would be like North Carolina or North Dakota fighting South Carolina and South Dakota. North Vietnam was the enemy in the Viet War. South Vietnam was the ally of the US.
the north won and the south loss
North Vietnam WAS located north of the 17th parallel. South VN was south of it.
The North were the communists. The South was the free republic (of South Vietnam).
There IS no North and South Vietnam, only Vietnam. After the US withdrew combat forces from South Vietnam, North Vietnam violated the peace agreement, invaded and conquered South Vietnam. Game over.
There no longer is a North Vietnam, North Vietnam and South Vietnam were joined together after the Vietnam War.
North Vietnam launched an invasion of South Vietnam.North Vietnam launched an invasion of South Vietnam.
North Vietnam defeated the South (or the North conquered the South).
South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam is what ended the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese had the goal of Vietnamese Unification and the surrender of South Vietnam in 1975 allowed them to achieve that objective.
Vietnam was split into 2 separate countries north and south then the north attacked the south and after many years of guerrilla warfare the north won then communism spread through out the country and reunification of the country.