Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II da rugujewar masarautar Vietnam, Faransa ta yi ƙoƙarin sake kafa mulkin mallaka amma a ƙarshe an ci shi a Yaƙin farko na Indo-China. Yarjejeniyar Geneva a shekarar 1954 ta raba kasar na dan lokaci zuwa biyu tare da alkawarin gudanar da zabubbukan dimokiradiyya a shekarar 1956 don sake hade kasar. Koyaya, Amurka da Kudancin Vietnam sun dage kan Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta sanya ido kan duk wani zabe don hana magudi, wanda Tarayyar Soviet da Arewacin Vietnam suka ƙi. Saboda haka, Arewa da Kudancin Vietnam sun kasance sun rabu har sai da yakin Vietnam ya ƙare tare da Fall of Saigon.
a shekarar 1975.