 Operation Passage to Freedom raive izwi raishandiswa neUnited States Navy kurondedzera basa rekushambadzira uye rubatsiro mukutakura vanhu 310,000 veVietnamese, varwi uye vasiri veVietnamese nhengo dzeFrench Army kubva kuCommunist North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam kuenda kuMonarchist South Vietnam Hurumende yeVietnam, yakazova Republic of Vietnam pakati pemakore 1954 na1955. VaFrance nedzimwe nyika vangave vakatakura vamwe 500 000. Pashure pokukundwa kweFrance paHondo yeDien Bien Phu, Zvibvumirano zveGeneva zva1954 zvakasarudza mugumo weFrench Indochina pashure pemakore masere ehondopakati pemasimba eFrench Union ekoloni neViet Minh, iyo yakarwira rusununguko rweVietnamese. Zvibvumirano zvakaguma nokugoverwa kweVietnam pa17th parallel kuchamhembe, neHo Chi Minhs communist Viet Minh mukutonga kuchamhembe uye neFrance yakatsigirwa neHurumende yeVietnam kumaodzanyemba. Zvibvumirano zvakabvumira nhambo yemazuva 300, ichiguma pana May 18, 1955, umo vanhu vaigona kufamba vakasununguka pakati peVietnam mbiri muganhu usati wavharwa. Kuparadzaniswa kwacho kwakanga kwakarongwa kuti kuve kwenguva pfupi, kusati kwaitwa sarudzo muna 1956 kuti nyika ibatanidzwezve pasi pehurumende yenyika. Vanhu vari pakati pe600 000 ne1 miriyoni vakatamira kumaodzanyemba, kusanganisira vagari veFrance vanopfuura 200 000 nemasoja muuto reFrance nepo pakati pe14 000 45 000 vanhuwo zvavo uye vangangoita 100 000 varwi veViet Minh vakatamira kune imwe nzvimbo. 