The Vietnam War, or the Second Indochina War, grew out of the conflict between North Vietnam, or the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), which was controlled by Ho Chi Minh's Communist Party and was supported by the Soviet Union and China, and South Vietnam, or the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), which was led by Ngo Dinh Diem and was supported by the United States. This war ended in April, 1975 with the Communist conquest of South Vietnam.
The economic devastation that Vietnam suffered as a result of the Vietnam War (1959-1975), the United States' economic embargo that followed and the dissolution of the Soviet Union is only now beginning to be ameliorated. Economic reforms are helping the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to rebuild its economy. |
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