Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akava Munyori Mukuru muna 1960, achiva mukuru mukuru mubato mushure meHồ Chí Minh. Mushure mekufa kwaHồ, Lê Duẩn akatora hutungamiriri hweNorth Vietnam. Mukati meHondo yeVietnam yose ya1955 kusvika muna 1975, Lê Duẩn akatora chimiro chine utsinye, achiona kurwisa sechinhu chinokosha kukunda. Apo South Vietnam yakabatanidzwazve neNorth Vietnam muna 1976 uye bato rakagadziriswazve, Lê Duẩn akava Munyori Mukuru weParty. Lê Duẩn navasonganiri vake vakanga vane tariro yakanyanyisa pamusoro penguva yemberi. Urongwa hweChipiri Hwemakore Mashanu (1976<unk>1980) hwakakundikana ndokusiya upfumi hweVietnam huri munhamo. Akatsigira kurwisa kweVietnam muCambodia
yaDecember 1978, vaine chinangwa chokuparadza hurumende yeKhmer Rouge yaitsigirwa neChina. Izvi zvakakanganisa hukama pakati peVietnam neChina, neVietnam ichipindura nekudzingwa kwevanhu vechiChinese uye China ichiita chirango chakakura-kurasikirwa neVietnam muna 1979. Kubva ipapo zvichienda mberi, Vietnam yakaramba iine ukama hwepedyo neSoviet Union uye yakabatana neComecon muna 1978.