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The song was written in 1961 by Lưu Hữu Phước (1921–1989) and adopted at that time as the anthem of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong). In 1966, Lưu Hữu Phước wrote a military song March on Saigon [ vi ] ( Tiến về Sài Gòn ) as an encouragement the soldiers going to attack Saigon in the Tet Offensive .
The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (Vietnamese: [vìət naːm kwə́wk zən ɗa᷉ːŋ]; chữ Hán: 越南國民黨; lit. ' Vietnamese Nationalist Party ' or ' Vietnamese National Party '), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc, was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. [4]
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) [a] is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the collapse of the South Vietnamese government following the Fall of Saigon in 1975.
Việt Nam (Vietnamese pronunciation:) was the name adopted by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. [6] It is a variation of "Nam Việt" (南 越, Southern Việt), a name used in ancient times. [6] In 1839, Emperor Minh Mạng renamed the country Đại Nam ("Great South"). [7] In 1945, the nation's official name was changed back to "Vietnam".
This was a group of the northern branch of the Vietnam Restoration Allied Society (Việt Nam Phục quốc Đồng minh Hội), the southern branch was the pro-Japanese branch of Nationalist Party of Greater Vietnam, and associated with pro-Japanese groups in the Daiviet National League (Đại Việt Quốc gia Liên minh).
In this conflict, the North and the Viet Cong—with logistical support from the Soviet Union—defeated the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, which sought to maintain South Vietnamese independence with the support of the U.S. military, whose troop strength peaked at 540,000 during the communist-led Tet Offensive in 1968.
The general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (Vietnamese: Tổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), [2] simply and informally the general secretary (Tổng bí thư, TBT), is the current title for the holder of the highest office within the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), being in practice the highest position in the politics ...
The president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chủ tịch nước Cộng hoà xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) is the head of state of Vietnam, elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam from its delegates.