Because the US government had to pay too much for the war without taking back anything.
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The war stopped on 30 April 1975 when North Vietnamese tanks crashed thru the South Vietnamese Capital's palace gates; winning the war.
North Vietnamese are inhabitants of North Vietnam, while Vietcong are Vietnamese warriors during the Viet war.
Vietnam war = Chiến tranh Việt Nam
The North Vietnamese regard it as a war of liberation. The Americans saw it as a war against Communism. For them is was mostly a defensive and ´containment´ war, trying to keep the North Vietnamese from conquering South Vietnam.