South Vietnam
Also known as Republic of Vietnam
former state in in Southeast Asia
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South Vietnam was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1954 to 1975, created after the division of Vietnam following French colonial rule. It matters historically because it was central to the Cold War conflict in Asia, ultimately falling to communist North Vietnam in 1975, which reunited the country under communist control.
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South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa, VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered recognition in 1949 as the associated State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon. Since 1950, it was a member of the Western Bloc during the Cold War. Following the 1954 partition of Vietnam, it became known as South Vietnam and was established as a republic in 1955. Although South Vietnam failed to gain admission into the United Nations as a result of a Soviet veto in 1957, its sovereignty was recognized by 95 countries as of January 1975. It was 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.
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