1. A former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when South Vietnam collapsed at the end of the Vietnam War

See also: North Vietnamese

Type of: Asian country, Asian nation

Part of: Annam, Nam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam

Encyclopedia: North Vietnam

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