A referendum was held in the State of Vietnam to determine whether the country was a republic or monarchy. It was primarily a contest between Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm, who proposed a republic, and
Ngô Đình Diệm declared himself president of the newly proclaimed Republic of Vietnam after referendum vote.
Anti-Bảo Đại revolutionists at Saigon City Hall, May 1955
Colonel Edward Lansdale, who helped Diệm in his campaign
Banner calling for the deposition of Bảo Đại
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The State of Vietnam was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, initially as an associated state in the French Union and later as a fully independent state. The state claimed aut
1955 State of Vietnam referendum
…A referendum was held in the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to determine whether the country was a republic or monarchy. It was primarily a contest between Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm, who…
A crowd gathers in Hanoi for the presentation of a new government
Commissioning ceremony in Hanoi, 1952
Army recruitment poster against communism.
Reenactment of the presentation of the sacred sword to Lê Lợi. Parade in Hanoi 1952, commemorating the Élysée Accords.