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Vietnam Brief History Vietnam—Quick Facts • Borders China, Laos, and Cambodia • Capital: Hanoi • Size of New Mexico • Pop.: 84,402,966 • Literacy rate: 90% • GDP Per Cap.: $3,100 • Government: Communist Vietnam: Early History • 1887—France first unified Vietnam – RR system linked North & South • France ruled until 1954 – Vietnamese Communists pushed them out • • • • Ho Chi Minh—Communist leader North: controlled by Comm.’s South: opposed North w/ help of U.S. Led to Vietnam War Vietnam War • U.S. and S. Vietnam vs. communist N. Vietnam 1965-1975 • Part of “Cold War” (U.S. fight against Communism) • 1968: Tet-Offensive—defeat for U.S. & South; changed war • 1.3 million Viet. killed; 58,000 Americans • 1973: U.S. pulled troops out, North Vietnam (Comm.) took over South w/in 2 yrs. Vietnam: Today • “border clashes” with Cambodia since 1977 • U.S. began trading again in 1994 – U.S. is Vietnam’s biggest trading partner • Tourism is a growing industry in Vietnam • Video: “Vietnam—Tourism Take-off”