Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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communist state former sovereign state socialist state

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was the communist state in northern Vietnam that led the struggle against the United States and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and later unified the country under its rule.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Vietnam	28
Democratic Republic of Vietnam government	2
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam	1
North Vietnam and Viet Cong	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist state ⓘ former sovereign state ⓘ socialist state ⓘ
achievedUnification	1975-04-30 ⓘ
alliedWith	Eastern Bloc ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
borderedBy	Cambodia ⓘ Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ Laos ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: South Vietnam
capital	Hanoi ⓘ
capitalAfter1954	Hanoi ⓘ
capitalTerritory	Hanoi ⓘ
claimedTerritory	entire territory of Vietnam ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
controlledTerritory	Tonkin ⓘ surface form: northern Vietnam
conventionalLongName	Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-link ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam
currency	Vietnamese đồng ⓘ surface form: North Vietnamese dong
dateDissolved	1976-07-02 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1945-09-02 ⓘ
dateProclaimed	1945-09-02 ⓘ
event	Proclamation of independence from France and Japan on 2 September 1945 ⓘ
firstPresident	Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister	Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
flagDescription	red field with a large yellow five‑pointed star in the center ⓘ
founder	Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
governmentType	single‑party socialist republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
lastPresident	Ton Duc Thang ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister	Pham Van Dong ⓘ
leaderDuringVietnamWar	Ho Chi Minh ⓘ Le Duan ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Vietnam ⓘ
locatedIn	Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Indochina Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
mergedInto	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
militaryWing	People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
nationalAnthem	Tien Quan Ca ⓘ
officialLanguage	Vietnamese ⓘ
opponentInWar	France ⓘ Republic of Vietnam ⓘ Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: State of Vietnam United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
participatedIn	First Indochina War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ
postUnificationRole	northern component of unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
predecessor	Empire of Vietnam ⓘ French Indochina ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ
resultOf	August Revolution ⓘ
rulingParty	Communist Party of Vietnam ⓘ
shortName	DRV ⓘ Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam
signedAgreement	Geneva Accords ⓘ surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954 Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War ⓘ surface form: Paris Peace Accords of 1973
statusAfter1954GenevaAccords	controlled northern Vietnam ⓘ
successor	Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
supportedOrganization	Viet Cong ⓘ
warAim	unification of Vietnam under communist rule ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government → associatedWith → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Battle of Hue → belligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Battle of Ia Drang → belligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Fall of Saigon → belligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

First Indochina War → belligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Operation Linebacker → belligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Vietnam War → belligerentSide → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam and Viet Cong

Republic of Vietnam → borderedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Vietnam War → conflictBetween → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Democratic Republic of Vietnam → conventionalLongName → Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-link ⓘ

Democratic Republic of Vietnam → country → Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Easter Offensive → country → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Government of North Vietnam → country → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam → countryInvolved → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War → countryInvolved → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Tet Offensive → countryInvolved → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Le Duc Tho → countryOfCitizenship → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Nguyen Duy Trinh → countryOfCitizenship → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Nguyen Hue (Nguyen Chi Thanh and other PAVN leaders often associated) → countryOfCitizenship → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Hue

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Truong Chinh → countryOfCitizenship → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Xuan Thuy → countryOfCitizenship → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Nguyen Hue (Nguyen Chi Thanh and other PAVN leaders often associated) → employer → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Hue

this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of Vietnam government

Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam → establishedState → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh → founderOf → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Gulf of Tonkin incident → hasCountryInvolved → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Member States of the United Nations → hasFormerMember → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of Viet Nam

Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Vietnam War → hasParticipant → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Laotian Civil War → hasSupportingBelligerent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh → headOfGovernment → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh → headOfState → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Gulf of Tonkin → involvedCountry → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Operation Linebacker → location → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder → location → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder → location → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Hoa Lo Prison (historic site) → operator → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa Lo Prison

Battle of Hue → opponent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Battle of Khe Sanh → opponent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Cambodian Civil War → opponent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Operation Linebacker → opponent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Operation Rolling Thunder → opponent → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Thieu → opposedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu

Republic of Vietnam → opposedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Nguyen Van Thieu (indirectly through South Vietnamese delegation) → opposedTo → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

subject surface form: Nguyen Van Thieu

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Geneva Conference of 1954 → participant → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Ho Chi Minh → placeOfDeath → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Nguyen Duy Trinh → politicalAlignment → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → recognizedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ

Democratic Republic of Vietnam → shortName → Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Vietnam

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam → signatory → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ