Title: VIETNAM AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR | Facts and Details
Headings: VIETNAM AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAM AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR
VIETNAM AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR
Vietnamese Government After the War
Boat People Flee Vietnam
Vietnamese Government After the Vietnam War
Problems with the Vietnamese Economy After the Vietnam War in 1975
Economic Policy After the Vietnam War
Results of the Economic Policy After the Vietnam War
Hard Times for South Vietnamese After the Vietnam War
Society in Vietnam After Reunification in 1975
Repression and Coercion and Changes in Vietnamese Society After 1975
Post-Vietnam-War Reeducation Camps
Hardships at the Reeducation Camps
Life in Vietnam After the War
Hunger and Queues in Hanoi
Repression and New Economic Zones After the Vietnam War
Harsh Economic Life in the late 1970s and Early 1980s
Army Says Errors Made after Vietnam Re-Unified
Vietnam’s Foreign Relations After the Vietnam War
Vietnam and Cambodia
1979 Chinese-Vietnamese Border War
Reasons for 1979 Chinese-Vietnamese Border War
Events Before the China-Vietnam War
Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Debacle in Vietnam in 1979

Content: As of the mid 2000s, there were only 97.6 men for every 100 women, one of the lowest ratios in Southeast Asia. Vietnam was formally reunited under Communist rule in July 1976. After the Vietnam War, Vietnam became isolated from the world and ranked for many years as one of the world's poorest nations. Even though it sat on some of the richest agricultural land in the world, it had difficulty feeding itself. David Lamb wrote in the Los Angeles Times, "In its revolutionary zeal, the party collectivized farms. Without incentives, productivity went down and Vietnam became a rice importer. The party confiscated property and wealth. Overnight, millionaires became paupers. Children of South Vietnamese soldiers were denied access to the best colleges and the good jobs, and the spirit of reconciliation withered. Newspapers disappeared, movie theaters closed, bank safe-deposit boxes were sealed.