 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chivabvu, mauto eFrance akazvipira kuViet Minh achipedzisa Hondo yeDien Bien Phu. Muna July, chibvumirano chokumisa pfuti chakasvikwa neGeneva Agreements chakakamura Vietnam kuva nyika mbiri dzenguva pfupi pa 17th parallel of latitude. Ngô Đình Diệm akava Mutungamiriri weSouth Vietnam uye Ho Chi Minh akava Mutungamiri weNorth Vietnam. Diệm akakunda dambudziko rokutanga rokutonga kwake kubva kuvatungamiriri vemauto uye mapoka echitendero eHòa Hảo neCao Đài. United States yakavimbisa rutsigiro rwayo kuhurumende yaDiệm ndokutanga kutsiva France sesimba guru rokumwe rakabatanidzwa muSouth Vietnam. China neyaichimbova Soviet Union zvakatanga kupa betsero yezvemari kuNorth Vietnam. 