Vietnam

By chrisknakmuhs

  • Indochinese Communist Party

    Ho Chi Minh founds the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP).

  • Independence

    The Viet Minh seizes power. Ho Chi Minh announces Vietnam's independence.

  • U.S. enters Vetnam

    The United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. Military advisors arrived beginning in 1950.

  • Geneva Conference of 1954

    In July 1954, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem rejected the nationwide elections agreed to by France and North Vietnam.

  • More U.S. troops enter Vietnam

    In 1965, the number of U.S. troops was highly increased when 200,000 American combat troops arrived in South Vietnam.

  • U.S. troops removed

    1969 - Ho Chi Minh dies. President Nixon begins to reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.

  • U.S. troops leave for good

    1973 - Ceasefire agreement in Paris, US troop pull-out completed by March.

  • Vietnam vs. Vietnam

    1975 - North Vietnamese troops invade South Vietnam and take control of the whole country after South Vietnamese President Duong Van Minh surrenders.

  • Vietnam and US restore full diplomatic relations.

    Vietnam and US restore full diplomatic relations. Vietnam becomes full member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean).

  • Vietnam confirms the first human deaths from bird flu

    . Over the course of the year the virus claims more than 30 lives.