20 Facts About South Vietnamese

1.

South Vietnamese Vietnam was bordered by North Vietnam to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

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2.

The term "South Vietnamese Vietnam" became common usage in 1954, when the Geneva Conference provisionally partitioned Vietnam into communist and non-communist parts.

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3.

South Vietnamese claimed the communist government in the North created conditions that made a fair election impossible in that region.

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4.

South Vietnamese asked voters to approve a republic, thus removing Bao Ðai as head of state.

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5.

South Vietnamese launched an anti-communist denunciation campaign against the Viet Cong.

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6.

North South Vietnamese leaders had expected that the ceasefire terms would favour their side, but as Saigon began to roll back the Viet Cong, they found it necessary to adopt a new strategy, hammered out at a series of meetings in Hanoi in March 1973, according to the memoirs of Tran Van Tra.

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One consequence of the inflation was the South Vietnamese government had increasing difficulty in paying its soldiers and imposed restrictions on fuel and munition usage.

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8.

The South Vietnamese unsuccessfully attempted a defence and counterattack but had few reserve forces, as well as a shortage of spare parts and ammunition.

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9.

South Vietnamese nominated his Vice President Tran Van Huong as his successor.

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10.

South Vietnamese Vietnam went through many political changes during its short life.

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11.

South Vietnamese was unpopular however, largely because monarchical leaders were considered collaborators during French rule and because he had spent his reign absent in France.

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12.

In 1967, the unicameral National Assembly was replaced by a bicameral system consisting of a House of Representatives or lower house and a Senate or upper House and South Vietnamese Vietnam held its first elections under the new system.

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13.

South Vietnamese government was regularly accused of holding a large number of political prisoners, the exact number of which was a source of contention.

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14.

At the time of signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the South Vietnamese government fielded the fourth largest military force in the world as a result of the American Enhance and Enhance Plus programs with approximately one and one-half million troops in uniform.

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15.

The radio stations across the former South Vietnamese were later reused by the communist regime to broadcast their state-run radio service.

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16.

South Vietnamese was divided into coastal lowlands, the mountainous Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta.

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17.

South Vietnamese Vietnam maintained a capitalist free-market economy with ties to the West.

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18.

South Vietnamese was the official language and was spoken by the majority of the population.

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19.

Embassy of the Republic of Vietnam in Washington donated 527 reels of South Vietnamese-produced film to the Library of Congress during the embassy's closure following the Fall of Saigon, which are in the Library to this day.

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20.

South Vietnamese Vietnam was a member of accT, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the IMF, the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Interpol, the IOC, the ITU, the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UNESCO and the Universal Postal Union .

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