Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II da rugujewar masarautar Vietnam, Faransa ta yi ƙoƙari ta sake kafa mulkin mallaka amma a ƙarshe an ci shi a Yaƙin Indo-China na Farko. 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. Arewa da Kudancin Vietnam saboda haka sun kasance sun rabu har sai Yaƙin Vietnam ya ƙare tare da
Faduwar Saigon a shekarar 1975.