 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Zvikwata zviviri zvenhabvu zvemunyika zvaivapo apo Vietnam yakakamurwa kuva nyika mbiri dzaive South Vietnam neNorth Vietnam. Chikwata chakabva kuSouth chakapinda mumakwikwi maviri ekutanga eAFC Asian Cup 1956 AFC Asian Cup uye 1960 AFC Asian Cupuye akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechina nguva dzose. Vakakunda ndarama yokutanga yeSoutheast Asian Games muna 1959 muThailand. Chikwata ichi chakapindawo mumakwikwi e1974 FIFA World Cup, chichikunda Thailand 10 kuti chikwanise kupinda mumitambo yekumisikidza vasati varasikirwa nemitambo yavo yekuvhura boka ne04 kuJapan uye 01 kuHong Kong. Chikwata chakatamba mutambo wavo wekupedzisira vachipesana neMalaysia muna 1975 uko vakarasikirwa 03. Zvichakadaro, chikwata chakabva kuchamhembe chakanga chisina kushingaira, chisiri nhengo yeAFC neFIFA, kazhinji vachitamba vachipesana nedzimwe nyika dzechiKomonisiti pakati pa1956 na1966. Vakaita mutambo wavo wekutanga vachipesana neChina PR uko vakarasikirwa ne3x5 pasi pemurairidzi mukuru Truong Tan Buu. Vakatora chikamu mumakwikwi ekutanga eGANEFO Mitambo yeNew Emerging Forces muIndonesia muna 1962 neCambodia muna 1966. Zvikwata zvose zviri zviviri zvakapera kuvapo apo matunhu ekuchamhembe nekumaodzanyemba akabatanidzwa pamwechete muSocialist Republic of Vietnam zvichitevera kupera kweHondo yeVietnam, asi North Vietnam haina kuve nhengo yeAFC neFIFA kusvika muna 1976. Nemhaka yokuti vose vari vaviri vaiva nhengo dzeFIFA South sa1954 uye North sa1964, boka reVietnam rakazobatanidzwa rinoonekwa sevakatevera vose neFIFA. 