Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam

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ceasefire agreement international treaty peace agreement

The Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam was the 1954 Geneva accord that ended open fighting between French Union forces and the Viet Minh and temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel pending nationwide elections.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina 1
Geneva armistice in Vietnam 1
Geneva ceasefire agreement on Vietnam 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceasefire agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
peace agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Geneva armistice in Vietnam

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Geneva ceasefire agreement on Vietnam
appliesToTerritory Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
conflictEnded First Indochina War ⓘ
countryInvolved Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
France ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: State of Vietnam

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created demilitarized zone around the 17th parallel ⓘ
temporary military demarcation line in Vietnam ⓘ
dateSigned 1954 ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1954 ⓘ
electionsScheduledFor 1956 ⓘ
endedHostilitiesBetween French Union forces ⓘ
Viet Minh ⓘ
hasPart military armistice provisions ⓘ
provisions on demarcation line ⓘ
provisions on international supervision ⓘ
provisions on prisoners of war ⓘ
provisions on regrouping of forces ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Vietnamese ⓘ
monitoringBodyMember Canada ⓘ
India ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
nonSignatoryParticipant United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf Geneva Accords ⓘ
Geneva Conference of 1954 ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Conference
precedes Vietnam War ⓘ
providedFor nationwide elections in Vietnam ⓘ
regrouping of French forces to the south of the 17th parallel ⓘ
regrouping of Viet Minh forces to the north of the 17th parallel ⓘ
relatedTo Indochina conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Cold War in Asia

partition of Vietnam ⓘ
signatory Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
France ⓘ
signedAt Geneva ⓘ
statusOfElections never held ⓘ
stipulatedDemarcationLine 17th parallel north ⓘ
supervisedBy International Control Commission ⓘ
surface form: International Commission for Supervision and Control

Referenced by (4)

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

Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam → alsoKnownAs → Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva ceasefire agreement on Vietnam
Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam → alsoKnownAs → Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geneva armistice in Vietnam
Geneva Accords → relatedDocument → Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina
Geneva Conference of 1954 → subsequentDocument → Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam ⓘ