Republic of Vietnam

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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

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