Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Enweghi ike ijikọ mba ahụ site na ntuli aka mere ka agha Vietnam na 1955. Ndị agha North Vietnamese People's Army nke Vietnam na ndị agha Viet Cong nke dabeere na South Vietnam lụrụ ọgụ megide ndị agha nke South Vietnam (site na mgbe ahụ Republic of Vietnam) ma ndị enyi ha ndị Kọmunist kwadoro ha, ọkachasị China na Soviet Union. Iji gbochie mba ndị ọzọ ịghọ ndị Kọmunist na Ndịda Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Eshia, United States tinyere aka na esemokwu ahụ yana ndị agha ndị ọzọ na-emegide ndị Kọmunist si South Korea, Australia na Thailand, bụ ndị kwadoro South Vietnam n'ụzọ agha. Esemokwu ahụ gbasaruru mba ndị agbata obi na North Vietnam kwadoro Pathet Lao na Laos
na Khmer Rouge na Cambodia megide gọọmentị ha ndị US na-akwado. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1973, a manyere United States na ndị ha na ha jikọrọ aka ịhapụ agha ahụ, nke a hapụrụ South Vietnam naanị ya, ndị agha Northern ka ya elu wee merie ya ngwa ngwa.