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Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | France occupied all of Vietnam by 1884, ruling it as a colony as a part of Indochina, until expelled by Japan in World War II, After the war, France, with the collaboration of the USA, attempted to regain control of the country, but Nationalist forces that had originally fought against the Japanese invasion declared independence. |
 | | Vietnam was partitioned, ostensibly temporarily, into Northern and Southern zones, with a general election to be held in June 1956 (Article 3), and a prohibition against introducing foreign troops (Article 4). |
 | | Vietnam is a poor, densely populated country that has had to recover from the ravages of war, the loss of financial support from the old Soviet Bloc, and the rigidities of a centrally planned economy. |
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