Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, also known as Republic of South Vietnam or PRG was a former country that existed in Asia from 1969 to 1976. It was established on 6 June, 1969 with the support of North Vietnam and Viet Cong. The PRG existed as an underground government to the Republic of Vietnam until 1975. On 30 April, 1975, following the surrender of the government of Republic of Vietnam, the PRG officially became the government of Southern Vietnam. From then, it existed as a puppet state of North Vietnam. On 2 July, 1976, the PRG merged with North Vietnam to create a new country - the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Chính phủ Cách mạng lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam | |||||||||
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| Status | nominal underground government (1969-75), Puppet state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1975–76) | ||||||||
| Capital | Lộc Ninh (1969–75) Saigon (1975–76) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Vietnamese | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism Confucianism Taoism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist transitional government | ||||||||
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• 1969–1976 | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | ||||||||
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• 1969–1976 | Huỳnh Tấn Phát | ||||||||
| Historical era | Vietnam War · Cold War | ||||||||
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| 1973 | 173,809 km2 (67,108 sq mi) | ||||||||
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• 1973 | 19370000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Liberation dong | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Vietnam | ||||||||
Provisional Revolutionary Government Of The Republic Of South Vietnam Media
János Kádár and Nguyễn Văn Hiếu at SED party conference in East Berlin, 16 June 1971
A youth representative of the PRG greets a young man from a Soviet-aligned unidentified African nation. Both are attending a 1973 World Youth Conference held in East Germany and organised by the Free German Youth.
1973 World Youth Conference held in East Berlin, 4 August 1973
Signes of two primers Nguyễn Duy Trinh (North) and Nguyễn Thị Bình (South) at the Paris Peace Accords, 27 January 1973
NLF soldier on 12 February 1973
