North Vietnam
The Democratic Republic o Vietnam (DRV; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa), generally kent as North Vietnam, wis a communist republic in Sootheast Asie, comprisin nominally aw o Vietnam frae September 2, 1945 tae December 18, 1946. The communist Viet Minh ("League for the Unthirldom o Vietnam") controlled auries o Vietnam atween December 18, 1946 tae Julie 20, 1954 an the northren hauf o whit is nou the Socialist Republic o Vietnam atween Julie 20, 1954 an Julie 2, 1976. The state wis first proclaimed bi Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi in 1945, an established formally in the een o the Wast follaein the 1954 Geneva Conference at the end o the First Indocheenae War. North an Sooth Vietnam wur reunitit in 1976.
Democratic Republic o Vietnam Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa | |||||||||||
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| 1945–1976 | |||||||||||
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Motto: "Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc" (Scots: "Unthirldom – Freedom – Happiness") | |||||||||||
 Location o North Vietnam in Sootheast Asie. | |||||||||||
| Status | Unrecognized state (1945-1950) Client state o USSR an Cheenae (1950-1976) | ||||||||||
| Caipital | Hanoi | ||||||||||
| Common leids | Vietnamese (offeecial) | ||||||||||
| Releegion | None (state atheism) | ||||||||||
| Govrenment | Single-pairty communist state | ||||||||||
| Preses | |||||||||||
• 1945–1969 | Hồ Chí Minh | ||||||||||
• 1969–1976 | Ton Duc Thang | ||||||||||
| First Secretar | |||||||||||
• 1960–1986 | Lê Duẩn | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cauld War · Vietnam War | ||||||||||
• Unthirldom proclaimed | September 2 1945 | ||||||||||
| October 10, 1954 | |||||||||||
| Aprile 30, 1975 | |||||||||||
• North an Sooth Vietnam merged | Julie 2 1976 | ||||||||||
| Aurie | |||||||||||
| 1960 | 157,880 km2 (60,960 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| 1974 | 157,880 km2 (60,960 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1960 | 15916955 | ||||||||||
• 1974 | 23767300 | ||||||||||
| Currency | đồng | ||||||||||
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