The Viet Cong are estimated to have killed about 36,725 South Vietnamese soldiers between 1957 and 1972 . Statistics for 1968 – 72 suggest that " about 80 percent of the victims were ordinary civilians and only about 20 percent of them were government officials , policemen , members of the self-defence forces or pacification cadres . " In the former capital city of Huế , Viet Cong troops captured the Imperial Citadel and much of the city , which led to the Battle of Huế . During the interim between the capture of the Citadel and the end of the " Battle of Huế " , the occupying forces Massacre at Huế
Massacre at Huế
Massacre at Huế
Communism in Vietnam