French colonial rule
begins.
The Viet Minh seizes
power. Ho Chi Minh
announces Vietnam’s
independence.
Ho Chi Minh founds the
Indochinese
Communist Party (ICP)
South Vietnamese
President Ngo Dinh Diem
begins campaign against
political dissident.
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1945
1930
1956
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HISTORY OF
VIETNAM
American aid to
Diem increased.
Number of US military
advisors in South
Vietnam rises to
12,000.
1960
1962
200,000 American
combat troops arrive
in South Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh dies.
President Nixon begins to
reduce US ground troops
in Vietnam as domestic
public opposition to the
war grows.
1965
1969
Ceasefire agreement
in Paris, US troop pull-
out completed by
March.
Vietnam and US restore full
diplomatic relations.
Vietnam becomes full
member of Association of
Southeast Asian Nations.
(Asean)
1973
1995