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Vietnam
Brief History
Vietnam—Quick Facts
• Borders China, Laos,
and Cambodia
• Capital: Hanoi
• Size of New Mexico
• Pop.: 84,402,966
• Literacy rate: 90%
• GDP Per Cap.: $3,100
• Government:
Communist
Vietnam: Early History
• 1887—France first unified Vietnam
– RR system linked North & South
• France ruled until 1954
– Vietnamese Communists pushed them out
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Ho Chi Minh—Communist leader
North: controlled by Comm.’s
South: opposed North w/ help of U.S.
Led to Vietnam War
Vietnam War
• U.S. and S. Vietnam vs. communist
N. Vietnam 1965-1975
• Part of “Cold War” (U.S. fight
against Communism)
• 1968: Tet-Offensive—defeat for U.S.
& South; changed war
• 1.3 million Viet. killed; 58,000
Americans
• 1973: U.S. pulled troops out, North
Vietnam (Comm.) took over South
w/in 2 yrs.
Vietnam: Today
• “border clashes” with Cambodia since 1977
• U.S. began trading again in 1994
– U.S. is Vietnam’s biggest trading partner
• Tourism is a growing industry in Vietnam
• Video: “Vietnam—Tourism Take-off”