North Vietnam

American  

noun

1. that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.

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North Vietnam British  

noun

1. a region of N Vietnam, on the Gulf of Tonkin: an independent Communist state from 1954 until 1976. Area: 164 061 sq km (63 344 sq miles)

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North Vietnam

That notion runs counter to the lessons of wars—from the bombing of North Vietnam to NATO’s campaign in Kosovo—where political outcomes couldn’t be achieved solely from the skies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

The victors renamed it city Ho Chi Minh, after the revolutionary father of North Vietnam.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025

In 1950, the Soviet Union was among the first countries to give diplomatic recognition to what was then the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, or North Vietnam.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Operation Popeye, a weather modification project in North Vietnam and Laos during the 1960s American invasion, entailed more than 50 cloud seeding experiments.

From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2023

Kissinger traveled to Paris to make the president’s position clear to North Vietnamese negotiators: Nixon had not resumed the bombing of North Vietnam and had begun pulling out American troops.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin