Vietnam

Southeast Asia, Cambodia and Laos (W), China (N) and South China Sea (E), S (South Korea), Vietnam (vê-èt 1 näm 1), the Official Socialist Republic, the Republic (average popularity of 1995 average 65,500,000), 128,401 square miles ). The main cities are Hanoi (the capital city) and Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon). The terrain is usually strong, and the two major regions, north red delta and south Mekong Delta are connected by a narrow mountainous area. Agriculture, mainly rice is the foundation of the economy, attracting more than 80% of the labor force; Vietnam is the main exporter of rice.

However, Vietnam is still divided into North Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnam War). There will be an election to determine the fate of that country, but the southern boycott spurred a series of guerrilla wars from the north. In July 1959, North Vietnam called for a socialist revolution in Vietnam. As the battle became more violent, President Kennedy sent a team to report on South Vietnam's situation from the US. In 1961 the President was proposed to dispatch US forces to provide economic and technical assistance to combat the Vietnamese army. Fearing the influence of "Domino theory", if the country of Southeast Asia belongs to the Communist Party and many other countries, President Kennedy thinks that it will increase the number of South Vietnamese troops to 9,000 people compared with 800 people I will. First 10 years (Vietnam war history)

On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam (southern part of Vietnam) who was supported by the United States, fell into the invasion army of the Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Communist Party of North Vietnam) within two years after the withdrawal of the US military . Raise a peace treaty in Paris in January 1973. The South Vietnamese army itself was weakened due to the withdrawal of the United States and the sharp decline of economic assistance since the North Vietnamese army carefully violated the peace agreement by beginning a massive invasion in early 1975. Nearly 400,000 Northern Vietnamese troops, 1,100 artillery shells, over 300 tanks defeated South Vietnam defenders and won the last victory of the Vietnam War in a normal battle near 4 months.

The Vietnam War escalated from the Vietnam Civil War to a limited international conflict and the United States suffered. The Vietnam War took place between South Vietnam and the US aid government aid and the assistance guerrilla of North Vietnam. The United States strengthened military intervention and signed a peace agreement in 1973, but the Vietnam War did not end until North Vietnam successfully invaded South Vietnam in 1975. The Vietnam War may be the longest war in America history, but after the collapse of South Vietnam, America questioned their very controversial participation in the failing cause.