South Vietnamese

British  

adjective

1. of or relating to the former South Vietnam (now part of Vietnam) or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of South Vietnam

Example Sentences

Vietnam Veterans Memorial that would also recognize South Vietnamese armies that were allied with the U.S. during the war.

From Los Angeles Times

The unnamed narrator of “The Sympathizer” is a veteran of two armies: the North Vietnamese whom he served as spy and the South Vietnamese whose uniform he wore as aide-de-camp to a high-ranking general.

From The Wall Street Journal

With the fall of Saigon in late spring 1975, he is ordered by his North Vietnamese handler to follow the South Vietnamese general into exile and report back on his activities.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the first things Kissinger did as national security adviser on Jan. 21, 1969, was ask military, diplomatic and intelligence officials how soon the South Vietnamese army could be trained and equipped to defend their government without American troops.

From Salon

The entire American ground war in the 1960s was fought in “South Vietnam,” and, in the early years, nearly all of those whom the Americans fought against were “South Vietnamese.”

From Slate