Dwight D. Eisenhower pledged U.S. support for a non-communist Vietnam. Ngo Dinh Diem (the leader of South Vietnam at the time) opposed both the French and the Communists making many American leaders such as Eisenhower support him.
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The Soviet Union, and Soviet bloc countries, and Red China supplied war material to North Vietnam.
USSR/Red China trained N. Vietnamese MIG fighter pilots; and supplied the NVAF with MIG-17, MIG-19, MIG-21 jet fighters.
the united states saw that Ngo Dinh Diem was alienating south vietnamese citizens.
Cambodia
Early in the Vietnam War, the United States support the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. He was assassinated in 1963. Following his death, the next president of South Vietnam was Nguyen Van Thieu.
After a series of South Vietnamese government leadership changes, following the assassination of President Diem, President Nguyen Van Thieu became the leader of South Vietnam.
South Vietnamese Army personnel were called ARVNs and South Viet civilians were called "Viet Nationals" (short for South Vietnamese citizens).