 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yechipiri, Hondo yeVietnam, ingangodaro yaiva hondo yechitatu yaizivikanwa zvikuru muzana remakore rechi20, pashure peHondo Yenyika I neHondo Yenyika II. Pashure pokubva kweFrancekubva kune yaichimbova koloni yayo, musi wa 21 July 1954, Vietnam yakakamurwa kuva mativi maviri, kufanana neKorea, pamwe chete ne 17th parallel. Kurwisana pakati peNorth neSouth pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kuhondo yenyika. United States yakapa rubatsiro kuSouth Vietnam uye yakapa mupiro kuhurukuro dzokurwisana neNorth, asi yakanga isingabatanidzwi zvakananga kusvikira Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, yakapfuura mukupindura kunonzi kurwiswa kweNorth Vietnamese kune vanoparadza veAmerica, yakaunza US muhondo semunhu anorwa. Hondo yacho pakutanga yaionekwa sehondo yekudzivirira chiKomonisiti ona kudzvinyirira, dzidziso yaTruman, uye dzidziso yeDomino, asi, sezvo maAmerican mazhinji akaunganidzwa uye nhau dzezviitiko zvakaita seTet Offensive uye My Lai kuurayiwa zvakaburitswa, manzwiro eAmerica akatendeukira kuhondo. Purezidhendi weU.S. Richard Nixon akasarudzwa murutivi pachipikirwa chokugumisa hondo. Iyi dzidziso yaNixon yaibatanidza kubviswa zvishoma nezvishoma kwemauto eAmerica; zvikamu zveSouth Vietnamese zvaifanira kuzvitsiva, zvichitsigirwa nesimba remhepo reAmerica. Urongwa hwacho hwakakanganisika, Nixon achiita zvokuparadza nhaurirano dzorugare kuti awane pfuma yezvematongerwe enyika, uye hondo yakapararira kuCambodia yakavakidzana nayo nepo mauto eSouth Vietnam akadzoserwa shure. Pakupedzisira, U.S. neNorth Vietnam dzakasaina Paris Peace Agreements, ichigumisa kubatanidzwa kweU.S. muhondo. Sezvo tyisidziro yokutsiva kweUnited States yakanga yapera, Maodzanyemba akapfuurira kuputsa chibvumirano chokuregedzesa kupfura uye akapinda muMaodzanyemba nesimba rose rehondo. Saigon yakatorwa pana April 30, 1975, uye Vietnam yakabatanidzwa pasi pokutonga kwechiKomonisiti gore rimwe gare gare, chaizvoizvo ichigumisa imwe yehondo dzisingafarirwi zvikurusa dzenguva dzose. 