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| - | '''Vietnam''' is the easternmost country on the [[Indochina|Indochina Peninsula]] in [[Southeast Asia]]. With an estimated 90.3 million inhabitants as of 2012, it is the world's [[list of countries by population|13th-most-populous country]], and the [[List of Asian countries by population|eighth-most-populous Asian country]]. [[Names of Vietnam|The name Vietnam]] translates as "Southern Viet" (synonymous with the much more ancient term [[Nam Viet]]), and was first officially adopted in 1802 by Emperor [[Gia Long]] and again in 1945 with the founding of the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] under [[Ho Chi Minh]]. The country is bordered by China to the north, [[Laos]] to the northwest, [[Cambodia]] to the southwest, and the [[South China Sea]] to the east. Its capital city has been [[Hanoi]] since the reunification of [[North Vietnam|North]] and [[South Vietnam]] in 1976. | + | '''Vietnam''' is the easternmost country on the [[Indochina|Indochina Peninsula]] in [[Southeast Asia]]. |
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| - | The Vietnamese became independent from [[Imperial Chinese|Imperial China]] in 938 AD, following the resounding Vietnamese victory in the [[Battle of Bạch Đằng River (938)|Battle of Bạch Đằng River]]. Successive [[List of Vietnamese monarchs|Vietnamese royal dynasties]] flourished as the nation expanded geographically and politically into Southeast Asia, until the Indochina Peninsula was [[French Indochina|colonized by the French]] in the mid-19th century. Following [[Japanese invasion of French Indochina|a Japanese occupation]] in the 1940s, the Vietnamese fought French rule in the [[First Indochina War]], eventually expelling the French in 1954. Thereafter, Vietnam was divided politically into two rival states, North and South Vietnam. Conflict between the two sides intensified, with heavy foreign intervention, during the [[Vietnam War]], which ended with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975. | + | |
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| The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most importantly the United States. Casualties were around 1.5 million Vietnamese killed, 58,226 Americans killed | The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most importantly the United States. Casualties were around 1.5 million Vietnamese killed, 58,226 Americans killed | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | *1960s counterculture and the [[Vietnam War draft]]. | + | *[[1960s counterculture]] and the [[Vietnam War draft]]. |
| - | *Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner, Saigon, Feb. 1, 1968 (1968) - [[Eddie Adams]] | + | *[[Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner]], Saigon, Feb. 1, 1968 (1968) - [[Eddie Adams]] |
| == In film == | == In film == | ||
| *''[[Far From Vietnam]]'', 1965, France. | *''[[Far From Vietnam]]'', 1965, France. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Sơn Đoòng Cave]] | ||
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most importantly the United States. Casualties were around 1.5 million Vietnamese killed, 58,226 Americans killed
See also
- 1960s counterculture and the Vietnam War draft.
- Street Execution of a Vietcong Prisoner, Saigon, Feb. 1, 1968 (1968) - Eddie Adams
In film
- Far From Vietnam, 1965, France.
See also
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