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The division of Vietnam was intended to be temporary, with elections planned for by 1956 to reunify the country. The Geneva Conference was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations.
The Geneva Conference in 1954 which divided Vietnam into two provisional states: North Vietnam and South Vietnam. 17 July The Battle of Chu Dreh Pass , takes place within the Central Highlands of French Indochina .
Vietnam: 1957 1981 — — — Conventions I–IV ratified as the North Vietnam. [4] Also ratified by the State of Vietnam in 1953 and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam in 1973 prior to Vietnamese reunification. [4] Yemen: 1970 1990 1990 — — Conventions I–IV and Protocols I–II ratified as North ...
The 1954 Geneva Conference Student demonstration in Saigon, July 1964, observing the tenth anniversary of the July 1954 Geneva Agreements The Geneva Conference on July 21, 1954, recognized the 17th parallel north as a " provisional military demarcation line ", temporarily dividing the country into two zones, communist North Vietnam and pro ...
The Geneva Conference opened on 8 May 1954, [110] the day after the surrender of the garrison. The resulting agreement in July partitioned Vietnam into two zones: communist North Vietnam and the State of Vietnam, which opposed the agreement, [111] to the south.
As a result of the agreements at the Geneva conference, boat people leaving Vietnam declined to a few thousand per month and resettlements increased from 9,000 per month in early 1979 to 25,000 per month.
The term "South Vietnam" became common usage in 1954, when the Geneva Conference provisionally partitioned Vietnam into communist and capitalist parts. Other names of this state were commonly used during its existence such as Free Vietnam and the Government of Viet Nam (GVN).
As a result of peace accords worked out at the Geneva Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel as a temporary measure until unifying elections could take place in 1956. Transfer of civil administration of North Vietnam to the Viet Minh was given on 11 October 1954.