Republic of Vietnam

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Cold War client state anti-communist state former sovereign state

The Republic of Vietnam was the U.S.-backed anti-communist state that governed South Vietnam from 1955 until its fall in 1975 during the Vietnam War.

Aliases (9)

South Vietnam ×46
State of Vietnam ×17
French Union-associated State of Vietnam ×1
Government of the Republic of Vietnam ×1
Republic of Vietnam government ×1
Republic of Vietnam in 1975 ×1
South Vietnam and United States and allies ×1
South Vietnamese government ×1
Việt Nam Cộng Hòa ×1

Statements (92)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War client state → anti-communist state → former sovereign state →
abolishedMonarchyOf	Bảo Đại →
airForce	Republic of Vietnam Air Force →
alliedWith	Australia → Philippines → Republic of Korea → Thailand → United States →
borderedBy	Cambodia → Democratic Republic of Vietnam → Laos → South China Sea →
capital	Saigon →
claimedTerritory	Paracel Islands → Spratly Islands →
conflict	Laotian Civil War (indirectly) → Second Indochina War → Vietnam War →
continent	Asia →
country	Vietnam →
countryNameInEnglish	Republic of Vietnam →
currency	South Vietnamese đồng →
demographicGroup	Montagnard highland peoples → ethnic Chinese minority → ethnic Vietnamese majority →
dissolved	1975 →
economicSystem	mixed economy →
educationLanguage	Vietnamese →
established	1955-10-26 →
executiveBranch	Government of the Republic of Vietnam →
fellOn	1975-04-30 →
firstPresident	Ngô Đình Diệm →
governmentType	presidential republic → republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam →
headOfStateTitle	President of the Republic of Vietnam →
historicalRegion	Annam (southern part) → Cochinchina →
ideology	anti-communism → nationalism →
inExileClaimedBy	Government of Free Vietnam →
judicialBranch	Supreme Court of the Republic of Vietnam →
largestCity	Saigon →
lastPresident	Dương Văn Minh →
legalSystem	civil law influenced by French law →
legislature	National Assembly of the Republic of Vietnam →
locatedIn	Southeast Asia →
locatedOnTerritoryOf	modern Vietnam →
lostControlOf	Paracel Islands to People's Republic of China in 1974 →
memberOf	SEATO (de facto associated) →
military	Army of the Republic of Vietnam →
nativeName	Việt Nam Cộng Hòa →
navy	Republic of Vietnam Navy →
notRecognizedBy	People's Republic of China → Soviet bloc states →
officialLanguage	Vietnamese →
opposedBy	Democratic Republic of Vietnam → People's Republic of China → Soviet Union → Viet Cong →
period	Cold War →
police	National Police of the Republic of Vietnam →
precededBy	State of Vietnam →
receivedAidFrom	Australia → Philippines → Republic of Korea → Thailand → United States →
recognizedBy	France → Japan → United Kingdom → United States → West Germany →
religion	Buddhism → Cao Đài → Hòa Hảo → Roman Catholicism →
replaced	State of Vietnam monarchy →
secondaryEducationLanguage	English → French →
securityService	Central Intelligence Organization (South Vietnam) →
shortName	South Vietnam →
succeededBy	Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam → Socialist Republic of Vietnam →
surrenderedTo	North Vietnam →
usedAnthem	Tiếng Gọi Công Dân →
usedCalendar	Gregorian calendar →
usedCoatOfArms	yellow shield with three red stripes →
usedFlag	yellow flag with three horizontal red stripes →
writingSystem	Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet →

Referenced by (96)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Hue ("South Vietnam") → Battle of Ia Drang ("South Vietnam") → Battle of Khe Sanh ("South Vietnam") → Fall of Saigon ("South Vietnam") → Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ("South Vietnam") → South Vietnamese leadership ("South Vietnam") → Viet Cong ("South Vietnam") →	country
Battle of Hue ("South Vietnam") → Battle of Khe Sanh ("South Vietnam") → Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government ("South Vietnam") → Easter Offensive ("South Vietnam") → My Lai massacre ("South Vietnam") → Tet Offensive ("South Vietnam") →	location
Cochinchina ("South Vietnam") → Cochinchina → Nguyễn dynasty ("State of Vietnam") → Protectorate of Annam ("State of Vietnam") → Protectorate of Annam ("French Union-associated State of Vietnam") → Tonkin ("State of Vietnam") →	successor
Battle of Dien Bien Phu ("State of Vietnam") → Battle of Hue → Battle of Ia Drang ("South Vietnam") → Fall of Saigon ("South Vietnam") → First Indochina War ("State of Vietnam") →	belligerent
Battle of Hue → Battle of Khe Sanh ("South Vietnam") → Easter Offensive ("South Vietnam") → Fall of Saigon ("South Vietnam") → Ho Chi Minh →	opponent
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ("State of Vietnam") → My Lai massacre ("South Vietnam") → Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War → Tet Offensive ("South Vietnam") →	countryInvolved
Ngo Dinh Diem ("State of Vietnam") → Ngo Dinh Diem → Nguyen Van Thieu → Nguyen Van Thieu →	headOfGovernmentOf
Nguyen Van Thieu ("South Vietnam") → Nguyen Van Thieu ("South Vietnam") → Nguyen Van Thieu ("South Vietnam") →	countryOfCitizenship
Government of North Vietnam ("State of Vietnam") → Government of North Vietnam → Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam →	opposedBy
Nam Kỳ ("State of Vietnam") → Nam Kỳ →	followedBy
Cambodian Civil War ("South Vietnam") → Vietnam War →	hasParticipant
Democratic Republic of Vietnam ("State of Vietnam") → Democratic Republic of Vietnam →	opponentInWar
Viet Cong → Viet Cong ("South Vietnamese government") →	opposedTo
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum ("State of Vietnam") → Presidential Palace of Vietnam ("State of Vietnam") →	owner
Can Tho ("South Vietnam") → Viet Cong ("South Vietnam") →	region
Nguyen Van Thieu →	allegiance
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government ("South Vietnam") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Independence Palace →	associatedWith
Vietnam War ("South Vietnam and United States and allies") →	belligerentSide
Democratic Republic of Vietnam ("South Vietnam") →	borderedBy
Vietnam War ("South Vietnam") →	conflictBetween
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ("South Vietnam") →	countryClaimed
Republic of Vietnam →	countryNameInEnglish
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm →	countryOfOrigin
Ngo Dinh Diem ("South Vietnam") →	deathPlace
Fall of Saigon ("Republic of Vietnam government") →	defenders
Republic of Vietnam ("Government of the Republic of Vietnam") →	executiveBranch
Paracel Islands ("South Vietnam") →	formerAdministeredBy
Saigon ("South Vietnam") →	formerCapitalOf
South Vietnamese leadership →	governed
Nguyen Van Thieu →	governmentForm
Laotian Civil War ("South Vietnam") →	hasSupportingBelligerent
Robert K. Brigham ("South Vietnam") →	hasWrittenAbout
Nguyen Van Thieu →	headOfGovernment
Nguyen Van Thieu →	headOfStateOf
Viet Cong ("South Vietnam") →	headquartersLocation
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam →	jurisdiction
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government ("South Vietnam") →	meetsIn
Cochinchina ("State of Vietnam") →	mergedInto
Republic of Vietnam ("Việt Nam Cộng Hòa") →	nativeName
SEATO ("South Vietnam") →	nonMemberStateInTreatyArea
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam →	notRecognizedBy
Geneva Conference of 1954 ("State of Vietnam") →	notSignedBy
Consultative Council of the Provisional Revolutionary Government ("South Vietnam") →	operatedIn
Government offices of Vietnam ("State of Vietnam") →	ownedBy
Geneva Conference of 1954 ("State of Vietnam") →	participant
Fall of Saigon ("South Vietnam") →	place
Ngo Dinh Diem ("South Vietnam") →	presidentOf
Ngo Dinh Diem ("South Vietnam") →	primeMinisterOf
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ("Republic of Vietnam in 1975") →	replacedGovernmentOf
United States Ambassador to South Vietnam →	representedTo
7th Marine Regiment →	service
Republic of Vietnam ("South Vietnam") →	shortName
Geneva Accords ("State of Vietnam") →	signatory
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ("South Vietnam") →	theaterOfOperations
Huynh Tan Phat ("South Vietnam") →	workLocation