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The official establishment of the single republic of Vietnam occurred on July 2, 1976. The Vietnamese name of the unified republic is "Cong hòa xã hoi chu nghĩa Viet Nam".
The forces of North Vietnam captured Saigon, the capital of the South, on April 30, 1975, a day after the evacuation of the US Embassy on April 29. This marked the end of the Vietnam War, which began with the partition of the former French colony in 1956. The military conquest of South Vietnam became inevitable with the withdrawal of US combat forces under the 1973 Paris Peace Accords, completed on March 29, 1973.
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Is Vietnam a communist country still?
Back in 1959, North Vietnam was Communist. Until 1975 when the Americans joined the North and captured the south. Now the whole country is Communist. yes the north was communist and it now entirely communist but the Americas did NOT join the north. they went into the south to protect them from the communist because they were afraid of communist invasion as was seen in cuba with the support of the soviets, the other superpower. it wasnt until after 1975 once all the American troops had left ( referred to as vietnamization) that the North captured the south :)
When did the US join the war in Vietnam?
The US joined the Vietnam War in 1960 or 1955because there was a civil war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and the US was good friends with South Vietnam's goverment, so they helped out.
What year did north Vietnam invaded south Vietnam?
The US Army encountered NVA regulars, in force, for the first time at the Ia Drang fight in '65 (see film; "We Were Soldiers..."). But US troops encountered them as early as '62 (see film; "Bright Shining Lie"). Out and out NVA invasions supported by their T54 tanks occurred during the 1972 Easter invasions, and the final NVA assault occurred in '75...it was their TANKS that crashed thru the south's capital's gates in 1975...not their infantrymen!
Why did the french join the Vietnam war?
The French in VietnamThe French colonized Vietnam (and also Laos and Cambodia) from about 1860 onwards. The process of colonization was completed in the 1880s. In WW2 the Japanese seized control of the area (in 1940-41) and ruled it with the active collaboration of the pro-Vichy French there. In Vietnam an effective resistance movement (the future Vietminh) formed round Ho Chi Minh. With some help from the U.S., mainly training by experts in guerrilla warfare, it almost succeeded in gaining control of the whole of Vietnam by the end of WW2.In 1946 the French army returned, and the struggle continued. However, by 1954 the French were defeated and had to withdraw.So the French were essentially not involved in the Vietnam War as seen from the US viewpoint.
Why did the Vietnam War start and when did it start?
Start of Vietnam WarThe Chinese had control over Vietnam, but in 1939, they left and an independent Vietnam was created. In 1407, the Chinese regained control of the area. In 1427, the Chinese were driven out and another Vietnam nation was established. In 1861, the French seized control of Saigon and the rest of the South by 1867. They took control of the North by 1883. In 1940-41, the Japanese advanced into and took control of Northern and Southern French Indochina, as France had been defeated by Germany at that time. It was during this period, that Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese Communist, returned to Vietnam from China and headed a Revolutionary League to regain independence for Vietnam. In 1945, he proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. When the Allies defeated Japan in W.W.II, the British and Chinese accepted the surrender of the Japanese in Vietnam and the French reentered the area and took over control again. On December 19, 1946, Vietminh forces attacked the French in Hanoi and the Indochina War--also known as the Vietminh War--began. In 1954, the Vietminh defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and the nation was temporarily divided into two sections, north and south. The people of the South chose Ngo Dinh Diem as their ruler and Ho continued to rule the North. Diem refused to go along with the planned elections in 1956 to unite the nation, because he knew he would lose, so the Vietminh members in the South created the Viet Cong and the war between north and south for control of the country began. In 1954, the Vietminh forces of Vietnam defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and the nation was temporarily divided into two sections, north and south. The people of the south chose Ngo Dinh Diem as their ruler and Ho Chi Minh ruled the North. Diem refused to go along with the planned elections in 1956 to unite the nation so the Vietminh members in the south created the Viet Cong and the war between north and south for control of the country began. The government of South Vietnam requested military advisors from the United States to help train the South Vietnamese army. Ho Chi Minh was a communist and during the Cold War of the 1950s and 60s, the aim of the US government was containment of communist power and not to let it spread. The Eisenhower administration provided South Vietnam with money and advisors to help stop the threat of a North Vietnamese takeover. The United States also was pledged by treaty (SEATO) to aid the member nations in southeast Asia, if they were attacked by a foreign (communist) power. Following the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, President Lyndon B. Johnson also believed in containment and the domino theory. If one nation falls to communism, the next nation will fall, and the next, etc. It became the aim of the Johnson administration to prevent a communist takeover in Southeast Asia. In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261MrVAnswerThere was dissension between North and South Vietnam for at least hundreds of years before we were involved. The war we were part of we were asked to join and help French forces in the effort to stop the spread of communism. We pulled out before the war was over but while Laos and Cambodia became communist, South Vietnam did not.chicken giggitygoo
Why did the US troops join Vietnam?
To fight communism. To stop a communist nation (North Vietnam) from taking over a non-communist country (SOUTH Vietnam).
Why did American join in and help South Vietnam?
To help preserve it from a communist NORTH Vietnamese take-over.
Who wad involved in the Vietnam war?
The Vietnam War was between North and South Vietnam, although the United States did join the battle on the side of the South Vietnamese to help battle the communist North.
Why did Americans join the Vietnam war?
To stop Communism spreading into South Vietnam.
Is Vietnam a communist country still?
Back in 1959, North Vietnam was Communist. Until 1975 when the Americans joined the North and captured the south. Now the whole country is Communist. yes the north was communist and it now entirely communist but the Americas did NOT join the north. they went into the south to protect them from the communist because they were afraid of communist invasion as was seen in cuba with the support of the soviets, the other superpower. it wasnt until after 1975 once all the American troops had left ( referred to as vietnamization) that the North captured the south :)
When did the US join the war in Vietnam?
The US joined the Vietnam War in 1960 or 1955because there was a civil war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, and the US was good friends with South Vietnam's goverment, so they helped out.
How did people join the Vietcong?
Both the Communists (North Vietnam and the South Vietnamese Communists, known as the Viet Cong-VC) and the South Vietnamese governments "DRAFTED" their men. When we entered a village (town) and there were NO military age males around, we knew they were either, deceased, hiding, or serving in the North or South Vietnamese military.
Why did china and the soviet union join the north in the Vietnam war?
The USSR/Red China supplied the North; because they were fellow communists.
What was the main goal of the north at the beginning of the war?
to join the country together
Did free African Americans want to join the south or north?
More likely the north because they weren't hunted in the north.
What waters does the english channel join together?
The English Channel is between England and Europe. It joins the North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, while the Bay of Biscay is just to the south.
Why was Virginia slow to join the Confederacy?
It had strong economic ties with the North and the South
