South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975. It occupied in the southern of what is now Southern Vietnam. The country was south of the local Demilitarized Zone.

Republic of Vietnam Việt Nam Cộng Hòa  (Vietnamese) République du Viêt Nam  (French)
1955–1975
Motto:
Anthem:
South Vietnam (red) in 1972.
Capital and largest city	Saigon
Official languages	Vietnamese
Cantonese, Khmer, French, English
Religion	Buddhism Catholicism Confucianism Taoism Folk religions Caodaism Hoahaoism
Demonym(s)	South Vietnamese
Government	Unitary presidential constitutional republic (1955–1963 and 1967–1975) Military junta (1963–1967)
President
• 1955–1963 (first)	Ngô Đình Diệm
• 1967–1975	Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
• 1975	Trần Văn Hương
• 1975 (last)	Dương Văn Minh
Prime Minister
• 1963–1964 (first)	Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ
• 1975 (last)	Vũ Văn Mẫu
Historical era	Cold War Vietnam War
•	26 October 1955
• Vietnam War	1 November 1955
• 1963 coup	2 November 1963
• Second Republic established	1 April 1967
• Paris Peace Accords	27 January 1973
•	30 April 1975
Area
• Total
Population
• 1955	c. 12 million
• 1968	16,258,334
• 1974	19,582,000
• Density
Currency	đồnga
Time zone	UTC+8 (Saigon Standard Time (SST))
Driving side	right
Preceded by Succeeded by State of Vietnam Republic of South Vietnam (1975–1976) 1990: Third Republic (Provisional Government)
Today part of	Vietnam

History

South Vietnam established on 26 October, 1955 after the 1955 Referendum. It was first ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem until 1963. After the 1963 coup, South Vietnam was run by a military government. It lasted until 1967. From 1967, On 1 April, 1967, the Second Republic was established. This Second Republic lasted until the Fall of Saigon when the president Duong Van Minh surrendered to Viet Cong. South Vietnam ceased to exist on 30 April, 1975. This day is also known as Black April to Vietnamese anti-communists.

South Vietnam Media

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  Seal of the President of the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1963)

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  Seal of the President of the Republic of Vietnam (1963–1975)

• National Anthem of the Republic of Vietnam (Instrumental).ogg

  Fight Back to Vietnam!

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  About 1 million North Vietnamese refugees left the newly created communist North Vietnam during Operation Passage to Freedom.

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  US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles greeting President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam in Washington DC, 8 May 1957

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  An empty Huey helicopter is jettisoned over the side of a carrier to provide room on the ship's deck for more evacuees to land.

• 1974 English language Voice of Vietnam (Radio Vietnam) foreign service broadcast from Saigon

Related pages

• State of Vietnam

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