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 | |||||||||
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| 1955–1975 | |||||||||
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 South Vietnam (red) in 1972. | |||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Saigon | ||||||||
| Official languages | Vietnamese | ||||||||
| Cantonese, Khmer, French, English | |||||||||
| Religion | |||||||||
| Demonym(s) | South Vietnamese | ||||||||
| Government |
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| 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 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• | 26 October 1955 | ||||||||
| 1 November 1955 | |||||||||
| 2 November 1963 | |||||||||
• Second Republic established | 1 April 1967 | ||||||||
| 27 January 1973 | |||||||||
• | 30 April 1975 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 173,809 km2 (67,108 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1955 | c. 12 million | ||||||||
• 1968 | 16,258,334 | ||||||||
• 1974 | 19,582,000 [a][1] | ||||||||
• Density | 93.55[b]/km2 (242.3/sq mi) | ||||||||
| Currency | đồnga | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Saigon Standard Time (SST)) | ||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Template:Country data Vietnamconghoa | ||||||||
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 North Vietnam and 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
Seal of the President of the Republic of Vietnam (1955–1963)
Seal of the President of the Republic of Vietnam (1963–1975)
South Vietnamese national anthem on AFVN radio
About 1 million North Vietnamese refugees left the newly created communist North Vietnam during Operation Passage to Freedom.
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles greeting President Ngô Đình Diệm, 8 May 1957
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.
Administrative divisions and military regions of South Vietnam
President Johnson conferring with South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in July 1968.
1974 English language Voice of Vietnam (Radio Vietnam) foreign service broadcast from Saigon
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Notes
- ↑ This shows how many people who lived in a land from Quang Tri Province to the South in 1974. The fact is, South Vietnam only controlled parts of that population. The remaining was under control of Republic of South Vietnam.
- ↑ According to 1968 data