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Vietnam borders [[China]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Much of Vietnam is [[mountainous]] or covered in [[jungle]]. The capital of Vietnam is [[Hanoi]].

Vietnam borders [[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.  

During the 20th century Vietnam was the site of a series of guerrilla wars: Against the Japanese during the Second World War; against the [[France|French]] for independence in the 1950s, and a civil war between the [[United States]]- backed South Vietnamese government and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces backed by [[China]] and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] 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. About one million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives after the U.S. withdrawal, roughly half to Communist reprisals (see also [[Boat people]]).  

After American forces withdrew in 1975 the entire country fell to communism and the butcherous [[Khmer Rouge]] in nearby [[Cambodia]] was emboldened. About one million Vietnamese civilians lost their lives after the U.S. withdrawal, roughly half to Communist reprisals (see also [[Boat people]]).