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{{stub}}Vietnam is a [[Communist]] nation in Southeast Asia bordering [[China]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Much of Vietnam is mountaineous or covered in jungle. In the 20th century Vietnam was the site of guerilla fighting during World War Two in the 1940s, a war against the French for independance in the 1950s, and a civil war between the US backed South Vietnam and the Red China/USSR backed North Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. After American forces withdrew in 1975 the entire country fell to communism and the butcherous [[Khmer Rouge]] in nearby Cambodia was emboldened. The wide-spread use by the US Air Force of concentrated herbicides, especially the dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, has been criticized for its long-lasting consequences on the environment. According to the Vietnamese government, it led to an important increase in birth defects.

 

 

'''Vietnam''' is a [[communist]] nation in Southeast Asia bordering [[China]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Much of Vietnam is [[mountainous]] or covered in [[jungle]]. The capital of Vietnam is [[Hanoi]].

 

In the 20th century Vietnam was the site of guerrilla fighting during World War Two in the 1940s, a war against the [[France|French]] for independence in the 1950s, and a civil war between the [[United States]] backed South Vietnam while [[China]] and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] backed North Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. After American forces withdrew in 1975 the entire country fell to communism and the butcherous [[Khmer Rouge]] in nearby [[Cambodia]] was emboldened. The wide-spread use by the [[United States Air Force]] of concentrated herbicides, especially the dioxin-contaminated [[Agent Orange]], has been criticized for its long-lasting consequences on the [[environment]]. According to the Vietnamese government, it led to an important increase in birth defects.