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	South Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		South Vietnam is the commonly used name for the former Vietnamese country that existed from 1954 to 1976 in the portion of Vietnam that lay south of the 17th parallel.
		North Vietnam was situated to the north of the 17th parallel.
		South Vietnam, officially the State of Vietnam, (Vietnamese: Quốc gia Việt Nam) from 1954 to 1955, and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) from 1955 to 1975, was a country that existed from 1954 to 1975 in the territory of Vietnam that lay south of the 17th parallel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Vietnam (3205 words)

	Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Feudalism in Vietnam reached its zenith in the Lê Dynasty of the 15th century, especially with Emperor Le Thanh Tong.
		Both South and North Vietnam formed strategic partners in the years that followed, the South aligning itself with the United States and the North with China and the Soviet Union.
		In 1965 the United States withdrew support for the government of South Vietnam and subsequently committed large numbers of troops in an attempt to defeat the ongoing Communist insurgency in the South, known as the Vietcong.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vietnam (2512 words)

	Vietnam - MSN Encarta
		Vietnam is bordered on the north by China, on the west by Laos and Cambodia, and on the south and east by the South China Sea.
		Vietnam’s fourth and southernmost region is the Mekong Delta.
		Vietnam’s two major rivers are the Red River in the north and the Mekong River in the south, both of which are navigable for their entire lengths within Vietnam.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552648/Vietnam.html (902 words)

	Vietnam
		The Vietnam War pitted America against communism and was a classic example of Cold War conflict.
		However, after the end of the war, the Allies gave back south Vietnam to the French while the north was left in the hands of the non-communist Chinese.
		The confusion at a political level in South Vietnam and the abuse of peasants rights within the agricultural community were two reasons for the spread of communism within the south.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /vietnam.htm (2111 words)

	Vietnam Yesterday & Today: Chronology of U.S. Vietnam Relations, Timeline
		The armies of the U.S. and South Vietnam invade Cambodia to roust North Vietnamese troops.
		South Vietnam and the U.S. invade Laos in an attempt to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
		Vietnam's Le Van Bang is confirmed as Vietnam's ambassador to the United States.
	servercc.oakton.edu /~wittman/chronol.htm (2770 words)

	Vietnam War Overview
		Vietnam is a small country to the south of China ('Vietnamese' means "non-Chinese people of the south").
		Vietnam was not only being destroyed in order to "save it" but it was becoming clear that those responsible for defeating communism were being severely damaged by their experiences.
		The rise of the refugee population in South Vietnam was partly due also to the past American policy of removing from countless villages, for strategic reasons, the entire population, and of putting these unfortunate people in what were called refugee camps or relocation centres.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /VietnamWar.htm (14791 words)

	Vietnam - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is bound by the South China Sea to the east, Laos and Cambodia to the west and China to the north.
		North Vietnam is mountainous especially in the north and northwestern sections while the lowlands consist of the Red River Delta and the coastal plains.
		North Vietnam is characterized by a hot and humid wet season from mid May to mid September as well as a warm and humid dry season from mid October to mid March with two short transition periods.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/vietnam.htm (1764 words)

	Vietnam (04/05)
		The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (north) absorbed the former Republic of Vietnam (south) to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976.
		Vietnam's tensions with its neighbors and its stagnant economy contributed to a massive exodus from Vietnam.
		Vietnam has demonstrated its commitment to trade liberalization in recent years, and integration with the world economy has become one of the cornerstones of its reform program.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/4130.htm (4888 words)

	Vietnam
		The new leader of South Vietnam, General Khanh, was doubtful that his own army was strong enough to prevent a communist victory.
		The plan was to destroy the North Vietnam economy and to force her to stop helping the guerrilla fighters in the south.
		General Westmoreland, the person in charge of the military advisers in Vietnam, argued that his 23,000 men were unable to defend adequately the US air bases and claimed that without more soldiers, the NLF would take over control of South Vietnam.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWvietnam.htm (7024 words)

	NAMED CAMPAIGNS - VIETNAM
		The object of American military assistance was to counter the threat to the government of the Republic of Vietnam posed by the insurgency of an estimated 30,000 regular communist Viet Cong and civilian sympathizers among the population.
		South Vietnam assumed full control of defense for the area immediately below the demilitarized zone on 11 July, a process begun in 1969.
		As U.S. combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, the role of helicopter units increased in importance and they responded to the challenge of continuing to support while preparing the RVNAF to assume their function.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/vncmp.htm (4884 words)

	America's War in Vietnam: 1954 to 1973
		By the late 1950s, the top CIA official in South Vietnam, Edward Lansdale, described the emerging government of South Vietnam as "an emerging fascist state." This was supposedly the independent, democratic South Vietnam that Johnson said America was supporting.
		Faced with this growing guerrilla movement in South Vietnam and North Vietnamese support for the Viet Cong, the United States and the CIA stepped up their efforts to crush the Viet Cong and sabotage and harass North Vietnam.
		Feeling his enemies and the increasing American opposition to the war in Vietnam is a threat to the nation, Nixon decides to use the power of the government to crush his enemies.
	www.colorado.edu /AmStudies/lewis/2010/vietnam.htm (4176 words)

	WHY WE LOST SOUTH VIETNAM
		However, the American and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) governments have lost the war because Washington was lacking in resolution, while South Vietnamese leaders were relying too much on American support and believed that Washington would never accept the dishonor of a total defeat.
		Meanwhile in South Vietnam, despite military situation was critical, the RVN government had to maintain a society as normal as possible, providing its citizens with minimum needs for a minimum standards of living.
		The South Vietnamese soldiers had strong willing to fight, were well equipped with modern weapons, but they were defeated largely on the psychological front, the most effective strategy to win an ideological war.
	www.vietquoc.com /whylost.htm (2699 words)

	Vietnam
		Vietnam occupies the eastern and southern part of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia, with the South China Sea along its entire coast.
		In 1977, border clashes between Vietnam and Cambodia intensified, as well as accusations by its former ally Beijing that Chinese residents of Vietnam were being subjected to persecution.
		Vietnam's Economic Transformation and Convergence with the Dynamic ASEAN Economies.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108144.html (1483 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Vietnam is a densely-populated, developing country that in the last 30 years 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.
		Vietnam's membership in the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and entry into force of the US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in December 2001 have led to even more rapid changes in Vietnam's trade and economic regime.
		Vietnam is working to promote job creation to keep up with the country's high population growth rate.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/vm.html (1522 words)

	South Vietnam tour 1968-69 Photo Gallery by David Parsley at pbase.com
		I served in South Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and aircraft maintenance officer with the 605th Trans.
		These photos were slides taken with Canon FT-QL purchased in South Vietnam in 1968.
		I was born in 1954 and so a little too young to be brought in for the war but fate somehow got hold of me and I made my first visit to Vietnam in 1988.
	www.pbase.com /character/svietnam68 (871 words)

	Vietnam and South-East Asia Coins and Currency
		It was widely awarded to personnel participating in the Spring 1975 offensive that resulted in the collapse of South Vietnam.
		The Vietnam Service Medal was awarded to United States servicemen who served in the United States armed forces in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
		When South Vietnam finally fell to communist forces in the spring of 1975, the North was ready with special occupation coins.
	www.joelscoins.com /vietnam.htm (1168 words)

	Asian-Nation : Asian American History, Demographics, & Issues :: Viet Nam -- Early History & Legends
		After the King died in 2879 B.C., his eldest son, Hung Vuong established the Hung dynasty, and he is regarded as the real founder of the Vietnamese nation and of the first Vietnamese dynasty.
		This legend symbolizes the importance of uniting the two main geographic and cultural areas of Viet Nam -- the mountains (representing the north) and lowlands (representing the south) in forming one united country.
		It is a theme that gets played out repeatedly in Viet Nam's history and is also symbolized by the spelling of "Viet Nam" as two words, rather than one.
	www.asian-nation.org /vietnam-history.shtml (1484 words)

	Vietnam.Com - Travel To Vietnam
		Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City or Hanoi-Hoi An Transfer to Tan Son Nhat or Noi Bai Airport for the short flight to Danang in central Vietnam.
		A complete tour of special interest to Vietnam Veterans, teachers, students and all persons interested in the military history of the Vietnam War
		Enjoy the 100km journey through the rich farmlands of the Red River Delta to Haiphong, Vietnam's third largest city.
	www.vietnam.com (204 words)

	Maps of South East Asia - Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia 1965 - 1975
		Maps of South East Asia - Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia 1965 - 1975
		South East Asian War - Area Of Operations
		Hold the cursor over the map and see information about that map including name, Lat/Long and UTM's covered.
	www.nexus.net /~911gfx/sea-ao.html (843 words)

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