North Vietnam
former country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Republic of Vietnam, (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa) also known as North Vietnam was a country in Asia. It existed from 1954 to 1976 and its capital was Hanoi. It was led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. It was proclaimed by President Ho Chi Minh on September 2, 1945.
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa | |||||||||||
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(1955–1976) | |||||||||||
Capital and largest city | Hanoi | ||||||||||
Official languages | Vietnamese | ||||||||||
Demonym(s) | North Vietnamese | ||||||||||
Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic | ||||||||||
Party Chairman First Secretary | |||||||||||
• 1945–1956 | Trường Chinh | ||||||||||
• 1956–1960 | Hồ Chí Minh | ||||||||||
• 1960–1976 | Lê Duẩn | ||||||||||
President | |||||||||||
• 1945–1969 | Hồ Chí Minh | ||||||||||
• 1969–1976 | Tôn Đức Thắng | ||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||
• 1945–1955 | Hồ Chí Minh | ||||||||||
• 1955–1976 | Phạm Văn Đồng | ||||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
16 August 1945 | |||||||||||
• Proclamation of the DRV | 2 September 1945 | ||||||||||
• Legislative election | 6 January 1946 | ||||||||||
• Start of the Indochina War | 19 December 1946 | ||||||||||
• 1954 Geneva Conference | 21 July 1954 | ||||||||||
• Start of the Vietnam War | 1 November 1955 | ||||||||||
• Vietnam reunification | 2 July 1976 | ||||||||||
Currency | đồng cash (until 1948)[1] | ||||||||||
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