The Republic of Vietnam, commonly known as South Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered recognition in 1949 as the associated State of Vietnam withi
Affiche for the 1953 municipal election in Hanoi
Nearly one million refugees fled communist North Vietnam during the Great Migration.
President Diem welcomed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, Bangkok 1957.
President Diem and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald A. Quarles review the honor guard at the Pentagon, Virginia 1957.
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 millio
South Vietnam
…succeeded by the communist-controlled Republic of South Vietnam in 1975. In 1976, North Vietnam and the Republic of South Vietnam merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The aftermath of World War II saw the communist-led Viet Minh, under Ho Chi Minh, seize power and proclaim the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV…
Capture of Saigon by Charles Rigault de Genouilly on 18 February 1859
The Grand Palais built for the 1902–1903 world's fair, when Hanoi became French Indochina's capital
First Nationwide Congress of Emulation Fighters, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1952
Three US Fairchild UC-123B aircraft spraying Agent Orange during the Operation Ranch Hand as part of a herbicidal warfare operation depriving the food and vegetation cover of the Việt Cộng, c. 1962–1971