South Vietnamese
adjective
of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants
noun
a native or inhabitant of South Vietnam
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How to use South Vietnamese in a sentence
As the U.S. withdrew, and the South Vietnamese military crumbled in our wake, our leverage at the negotiating table collapsed.
The withdrawals continued and gave time for the South Vietnamese to ready themselves to fight on their own.
Many in the South Vietnamese armed forces fought well, but not enough to overcome the basic deficiencies in their own government.
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