Government of North Vietnam

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The Government of North Vietnam was the communist state administration that ruled the northern part of Vietnam from 1945 until reunification in 1976, led by the Viet Minh and later the Workers' Party of Vietnam during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist government
government
state administration
alliedWith Eastern Bloc
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union
armedForces People's Army of Vietnam
capital Hanoi
claimedJurisdictionOver entire territory of Vietnam
commonName Government of North Vietnam self-linksurface differs
surface form: North Vietnamese government
country Democratic Republic of Vietnam
countrySubdivisionRuled Tonkin
surface form: northern Vietnam
currency North Vietnamese đồng
surface form: North Vietnamese dong
dominantParty Communist Party of Vietnam
surface form: Workers' Party of Vietnam
economicSystem centrally planned economy
endTime 1976
executiveBranch Government of North Vietnam self-linksurface differs
surface form: Council of Ministers of North Vietnam
followedBy Government of Vietnam
surface form: Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
foundingDate 2 September 1945
foundingDeclaration Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
foundingEvent August Revolution
governmentType single-party socialist republic
headOfGovernment Ho Chi Minh
Pham Van Dong
headOfState Ho Chi Minh
Ton Duc Thang
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
implementedPolicy land reform in North Vietnam
inConflict First Indochina War
Laotian Civil War
Vietnam War
judicialBranch Supreme People's Court of North Vietnam
legalSystem socialist law
legislature National Assembly of North Vietnam
mergedInto Government of Vietnam
surface form: Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
officialLanguage Vietnamese
opposedBy France
Republic of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
surface form: State of Vietnam

United States of America
surface form: United States
police Vietnam People's Public Security
surface form: People's Public Security of Vietnam
politicalPartyInPower Viet Minh
Communist Party of Vietnam
surface form: Vietnamese Workers' Party

Communist Party of Vietnam
surface form: Workers' Party of Vietnam
precededBy colonial administration of French Indochina
region Southeast Asia
startTime 1945
stateSecurityOrgan Vietnam People's Public Security
surface form: Ministry of Public Security of North Vietnam

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Government of North Vietnam commonName Government of North Vietnam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: North Vietnamese government
Nguyen Duy Trinh employer Government of North Vietnam
this entity surface form: Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Xuan Thuy employer Government of North Vietnam
Government of North Vietnam executiveBranch Government of North Vietnam self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Council of Ministers of North Vietnam
this entity surface form: provisional government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnamese leadership opposedBy Government of North Vietnam
this entity surface form: North Vietnamese government
One Pillar Pagoda reconstructedBy Government of North Vietnam
Cambodian Civil War supportedBy Government of North Vietnam
this entity surface form: North Vietnam (for Khmer Rouge)