1. South Vietnam - Noun
2. South Vietnam - Proper noun
a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
Source: WordNet1955–63 main seeAlso In July 1955, Diệm announced in a broadcast that South Vietnam would not participate in the elections specified in the Geneva accords. citation As Saigon's delegation did not sign the Geneva accords, it was not bound by it. Source: Internet
According to Rummel, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops murdered between 106,000 and 227,000 civilians in South Vietnam. Source: Internet
After the fall of South Vietnam to communist forces in April 1975, the Pathet Lao with the backing of North Vietnam were able to take total power with little resistance. Source: Internet
After overthrowing pro-China Sihanouk, Cambodian leader Lon Nol, despite being anti-Communist and ostensibly in the "pro-American" camp, continued to back FULRO against all Vietnamese, both anti-communist South Vietnam and the Communist Viet Cong. Source: Internet
According to the negotiated peace, French Indochina was to be partitioned into Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. Source: Internet
Among the internal refugees were many young women who became the ubiquitous "bargirls" of wartime South Vietnam "hawking her wares – be that cigarettes, liquor, or herself" to American and allied soldiers. Source: Internet