Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone

The Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. In 1954, after the Viet Minh defeated France during the First Indochina War, France gave up control of Vietnam, but France also split Vietnam in two halves. The Vietnamese DMZ would be a place where many battles would take place during the Vietnam War. After North Vietnam defeated South Vietnam at the end of the war in 1975, the Vietnamese DMZ was no more and the two countries were united into one Vietnam in 1976.

Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone Media

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  1969 map of the Demilitarized Zone

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  Photo taken from the north side of the DMZ at the Route 1 crossing. The guard tower on the left is a re-creation and spires seen in the distance through the arch are a new monument.

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  The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Vietnam, March 1968, looking west toward Laos.

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  Map of the Vietnam Vietnam demarcation line and demilitarized zone as of 1957. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1957. Notes:* * "25863 3-57. SSO-655-5/57." * Shows northern Quảng Trị Province, along Song Ben Hai River, which separates North and South Vietnam. * Relief shown by spot heights. * "Base: Indochina (series L605), 1:100,000 / U.S. Army Map Service ..."

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  Map of the Vietnam demarcation line and demilitarized zone as of December 1966, United States. Central Intelligence Agency.