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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This shadow government known as the PRG or Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam was formed on June 8, 1969.
The government of the Republic of South Vietnam was the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chính Phủ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam), often abbreviated to PRG.
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG) was an provisional government formed on June 8, 1969 in opposition to the Nguyen Van Thieu government of the Republic of Vietnam.
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  Encyclopedia: Republic of South Vietnam
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Chính Phủ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam) was a Communist government formed by the National Liberation Front (NLF) in 1969 in opposition to the anti-Communist U.S. -supported Republic of Vietnam.
Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs released figures on April 3, 1995, reporting that 1.1 million fighters—Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers—and nearly 2 million civilians in the north and the south were killed between 1954 and 1975.
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), Vietnamese Việt Nam Cộng Hòa from 1955, was a country that existed from 1954 to 1975 in the territory of Vietnam that lay south of the Demilitarized Zone while North Vietnam was situated to the north of the DMZ.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Republic-of-South-Vietnam   (459 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: South Vietnam
The NLF took power and established the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam until the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam was inaugurated on July 2, 1976.
Vietnam War: the most commonly-used term in English, it implies that the location was chiefly within the borders of the nation (which is disputed, as many regard the scope as including at least Cambodia); it sidesteps the issue of the lack of a US declaration of war.
South Vietnam's capital was Saigon (A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) which was renamed Ho Chi Minh City (A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) on May 1, 1975.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Provisional government
Provisional governments often occur as the result of a revolution or in wartime when an occupied nation or territory has been liberated or, conversely, when a government has been deposed by an invading army.
Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1919), established in exile based in Shanghai, China and later in Chongqing, during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Provisional Government of the Syrian Arab Republic (1949), established by national consensus to draft a new constitution and reintroduce civilian rule after a series of military governments.
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 AII POW-MIA - Paris Peace Accord Violations
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam also has moved military personnel and military equipment in and through the demilitarized zone is direct violation of Articles 7 and 15 (B) of the Peace Agreement and of Article 7 of the Cease-fire Protocol.
However the reaction of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Cambodian forces under its control was a total military offensive, despite obligations assumed by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Article 20 of the Agreement and Article 8 of the Act of Paris.
This suspension is justified as a response to the numerous material breaches of the Agreement by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in accordance with the rule of international law that a material breach of an international agreement by one party entitles the other party to suspend operation of the Agreement in whole or in part.
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 Encyclopedia article: South Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Republic was proclaimed in Saigon (A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) by Ngo Dinh Diem (additional info and facts about Ngo Dinh Diem) on October 22, 1955, after he deposed Emperor Bao Dai (additional info and facts about Bao Dai).
Following American troop withdrawal from the Vietnam War (A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States) South Vietnam government continued fighting the Viet Cong (additional info and facts about Viet Cong).
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam was unable to sustain the defense and quickly collapsed due to limited supplies and poor leadership.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/south_vietnam.htm   (2577 words)

  
 OnlineWomen: Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh is the Vice-President of the Socialist republic of Vietnam.
In 1969 she served as Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam.
She was elected Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1992 and then re-elected in 1997 and has served as Vietnamese Vice-President again since then.
www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /vietnam/vietleads.htm   (457 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The government eventually suppressed or came to terms with most political-military groups, settled a territorial dispute with Libya on terms favorable to Chad, drafted a democratic constitution, and held multiparty presidential elections in 1996 and 1997.
The government of former president MOBUTU Sese Seko was toppled by a rebellion led by Laurent KABILA in May 1997; his regime was subsequently challenged by a Rwanda- and Uganda-backed rebellion in August 1998.
A transitional government was set up in July 2003; Joseph KABILA remains as president and is joined by four vice presidents from the former government, former rebel camps, and the political opposition.
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 Vietnam Peace Pacts Signed; America's Longest War Halts
Because the Saigon Government does not wish to imply recognition of the Vietcong's Provisional Revolutionary Government, all references to that government were confined to a second set of documents.
These texts began by saying that North Vietnam "with the concurrence of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam" and the United States "with the concurrence of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam" had reached agreement.
South Vietnam's foreign minister, Tran Van Lam, indicated that he did not want to accept signed copies of this text, because Saigon objects to mention of the revolutionary government by that name.
partners.nytimes.com /library/world/asia/012873vietnam-peace.html   (1290 words)

  
 Nhan Dan --- Life
Victory of the general uprising in 1960 and the foundation of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front made the US’s unilateral war a failure.
Under the South Vietnam National Liberation Front’s banner of unity for national salvation under the leadership of the Party, the movement to abolish “strategic hamlets” strongly developed.
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam was established on June 6, 1969.
www.nhandan.com.vn /english/life/020205/party.htm   (1124 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article: Republic of South Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
From South Vietnam (A former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam) government
These events ultimately did occur, and after the fall of Saigon (A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) in 1975, the Republic of South Vietnam assumed power and ruled the South for 15 months.
In July 1976, the Republic of South Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (additional info and facts about Democratic Republic of Vietnam) (North Vietnam) were united into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/R/Re/Republic_of_South_Vietnam.htm   (369 words)

  
 Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Vietnam's diplomacy with the historic victory in Spring 1975   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Since the early days of the foundation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam's diplomacy has unceasingly grown and matured, becoming an important front and contributing significantly to the liberation and reunification of the nation.
Vietnam's diplomacy has brought into full play the line of independence and self-determination in negotiations, winning support and assistance from world's people, foiling the enemy's plot of sowing division between Vietnam and other countries to bring pressure to bear upon the negotiation.
With the Paris Peace Agreement, the US was compelled to commit respect for Vietnam's independence, sovereignty, reunification and territorial integrity; pulling out all their troops from Vietnam and Indochina in general; recognising that there existed two administrations in the South of Vietnam with opposing armed forces controlling different territories.
www.mofa.gov.vn /en/cs_doingoai/pbld/ns050506171410   (993 words)

  
 Geneva Conventions 1949 - Viet Nam reservation text
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam declares that the transfer of prisoners of war by the Detaining Power to a Power which is a party to the Convention does not release the Detaining Power from its responsibility for the application of the provisions of the Convention.
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam declares that prisoners of war prosecuted and convicted for crimes of aggression, crimes of genocide or war crimes, and crimes against humanity in accordance with the principles established by the Nuremberg Tribunal shall not benefit from the provisions of the present Convention.
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet-Nam declares that the transfer of civilian persons protected by this Convention to a Power which is a party to the Convention does not release the Detaining Power from its responsibility for the application of the provisions of the Convention.
www.icrc.org /IHL.NSF/NORM/3092893761F8178BC1256402003F9940?OpenDocument   (599 words)

  
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Article 9 The Ministers, Heads of offices at ministerial level, Heads of offices under the Government, within their authority and responsibility, shall be responsible for correct and effective utilisation of the land allocated by the State to organisations which belong directly to their ministries and branches.
Article 83 The period of land lease to foreign organisations, foreign individuals or Vietnamese residing abroad, with investment in Vietnam shall be in accordance with the period of investment stipulated in the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam.
Article 84 Foreigner who violates the Land Law of Vietnam shall be treated in accordance with Vietnamese law, except the cases where there are different regulations stipulated by international treaties which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam signed or participated in.
coombs.anu.edu.au /~vern/luat/english/Law-land-law.txt   (6544 words)

  
 Peace Proposal of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet Nam, July 1, 1971
The U.S. Government must set a terminal date for the withdrawal from South Viet Nam of the totality of U.S. forces and those of the other foreign countries in the U.S. camps.
A) To form a broad three-segment government of national concord that will assume its functions during the period between the restoration of peace and the holding of general elections and organize general election in South Viet Nam.
Pending the reunification of the country, the north and the south zones will re-establish normal relations, guarantee free movement, free correspondence, free choice of residence and maintain economic and cultural relations on the principle of mutual interests and mutual assistance.
www.vietnamwar.net /peace-1971.htm   (695 words)

  
 PRG, 1969-1975   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Congress of People's Representatives of the Republic of Vietnam, meeting from June 6-8, 1969, established the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (PRG) as the rival communist alternative to the Republic of (South) Vietnam.
He and other PRG leaders were earlier active in the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF).
With victory in 1975, Madam Nguyen Thi Binh became minister of education for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
www.richmond.edu /~ebolt/history398/PRG(1969-1975)TVT.html   (308 words)

  
 A Bitter Peace: Washington, Hanoi, and the Making of the Paris Agreement, by Pierre Asselin. Preface.
Relating the diplomacy that created the agreement and led to the American withdrawal from Vietnam, this study discusses the making of the Paris Agreement by tracing the positions of Washington and Hanoi during their negotiations in France and the strategies each used to achieve its purposes during five years of secret and private diplomacy.
The first is that North Vietnam was as active a player in the war and throughout the negotiations as the United States was.
The epilogue summarizes the consequences of the accords, especially their breakdown in South Vietnam, considers the fall of Saigon in 1975, and assesses fundamental aspects of North Vietnamese-American diplomacy.
www.ibiblio.org /uncpress/chapters/asselin_bitter.html   (1499 words)

  
 Vets With A Mission - History of NVA and NLF
On September 2, 1945, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was proclaimed and the flag of a five pointed yellow star on a red field was hoisted.
As its soldiers and cadre were "regrouped" to the north, the DRV apparently abandoned its position in the south pending unification of the country under an election to be held according to the terms of the agreement.
The attractions of the rich south, moreover, corrupted veteran cadra; the southerners were resentful of northern control; and a major border war developed with the vicious Khmer Rouge.
www.vwam.com /vets/nva/histnva.html   (2108 words)

  
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Ministers, heads of bodies at ministerial level, and heads of departments of the Government shall, to the extent of their respective duties and powers, be responsible for ensuring the correct and effective use of the land which has been allocated to bodie s and departments under their authority.
The fatherland front of Vietnam and its member organizations, other social and economic organizations, units of the people's armed forces, and all citizens shall support the State authorities in their implementation of measures aimed at protecting the la nd and ensuring its national and economical use in accordance with planning and the law.
Ministries, bodies at ministerial level, and bodies of the government shall, on the basis of their respective duties and powers, be responsible for zoning and planning the use of land within their jurisdiction, and shall submit these to the Government for approval.
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 UML/UN - Vietnam Peace Scenario
The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam undertake to respect the following principles for the exercise of the South Vietnamese people's right to self-determination: (a) The South Vietnamese people's right to self-determination is sacred, ina- lienable, and shall be respected by all countries.
The question of Vietnamese armed forces in South Viet-Nam shall be settled by the two South Vietnamese parties in a spirit of national reconciliation and concord, equality and mutual respect, without foreign interference, in accordance with the postwar situation.
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, with the concurrence of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam,
www.uml.edu /proj/UN/Conference/Scenarios/Peace/VN.html   (5184 words)

  
 Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
On March 8, 1949, after the signing of the Elysee accord Vietnam was recognized as a independent country and its Army was built to fight side by side with the Armed Forces of France against the Communist forces lead by Ho Chi Minh.
Early on, the focus of the army was the Communist guerrillas of the Viet Cong, a shadow government formed to oppose the Diem administration.
www.vietnamwar.net /ARVN.htm   (1194 words)

  
 The Viet Nam Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In South Vietnam, the United States ceases supporting Thieu.Ky.Khiem to allow the formation in Saigon of a new administration standing for peace, independence, neutrality, and democracy.
The PRGRSV will engage in talks with the said administration with a view to settling the internal affairs of South Vietnam and achieving national concord.
The DRV Government and the PRGRSV request from the U.S. Government reparations for damage caused by the United States in the two zones of Vietnam.
www.vassar.edu /vietnam/doc19.html   (361 words)

  
 Decree No. 26/1999/ND-CP of April 19, 1999 on religious activities
The State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ensures the freedom of belief and religion and the freedom of non-belief and non-religion.
International activities of religious organizations and individuals shall have to comply with law and conform with the foreign policy of the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the basis of respect for national independence and sovereignty, peace, stability, cooperation and friendship.
Organizations and individuals in Vietnam that take part in the membership of foreign religious organizations or in religious activities or activities related to religions in foreign countries must comply with the regulations of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs.
www.ishr.org /sources/decree26-cp.htm   (1706 words)

  
 President Johnson on U.S. Aims in Vietnam, April 7, 1965
Of course, some of the people of South Vietnam are participating in this attack on their own government.
The contest in Vietnam is part of a wider pattern of aggressive purpose.
We want nothing for ourselves, only that the people of South Vietnam be allowed to guide their own country in their own way.
www.vietnamwar.net /LBJ-2.htm   (1256 words)

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