 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure meHondo Yenyika II uye kudonha kwehumambo hweVietnam, France yakaedza kudzorera hutongi hwayo hwehukoloni asi pakupedzisira yakakundwa muHondo Yekutanga yeIndo-China. Zvibvumirano zveGeneva muna 1954 zvakakamura nyika kwenguva pfupi kuva miviri nechipikirwa chesarudzo dzedemokrasi muna 1956 kuti ibatanidzezve nyika. Zvisinei, United States neSouth Vietnam dzakasimbirira kuti United Nations itarisire sarudzo ipi neipi kudzivirira kubiridzira, uko Soviet Union neNorth Vietnam zvakaramba. Naizvozvo North neSouth Vietnam dzakaramba dzakakamurwa kutozosvikira Hondo yeVietnam yapera nokuwa kweSaigon muna 1975. 