France made Vietnam a colony in the 1800s and it was called French Indochina. The Vietnamese managed to eject the French in 1954. The French had tried to return and reimpose a colonial regime after WWII. After the French gave up Vietnam was divided into North and South, though this was supposed to be temporary and elections were supposed to be held to select a national government to be over the entire country, both parts. The US realized that the candidates of the north, though communists, were more popular than the corrupt thieves the US was backing as leaders in the south, and so, the elections were never held.
Before the French took over Vietnam was sometimes called Cochin China.
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Vietnam is a country, in the Southeast portion of Asia.
"Country of the smaller dragon"
The former SOUTH Vietnam consisted of the Central Highlands; Mekong Delta; and the Coastal Regions.
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Kampuchea was the former name of Cambodia. It was changed back to Cambodia in 1990.
The former NORTH Vietnam won the war; they are known as just Vietnam today.
Today, it the most populous city in Vietnam and the economic center of the country, even though the capital of Vietnam is in Hanoi.
Cambodia emerged from the Vietnam conflict and the rise of the Khmer Rouge as the Peoples Republic of Kampuchea until 1993. The official name of the country is the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Cambodia is on the Vietnam western border.
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The last name Luong is of Vietnamese origin. It is a common surname in Vietnam.
The name of this former country is Czechoslovakia.
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# Vietnam remains a communist country # Vietnam starts economical and political friendship with the USSR, China and later Korea and Cuba # Many former anticommunists flee, afraid of being punished # The relationship with US was frozen # Vietnam was in War for more than 20 years, the country and its resources are exhausted