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Ngo Dinh Diem, uhng oh dihn zih ehm (1901-1963), was the first president of South Vietnam. See more »
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Dien Bien Phu, Battle of
Dien Bien Phu, dyehn byehn FOO, Battle of, was fought between Vietnamese revolutionaries, called Vietminh, and France in 1954.
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Ho Chi Minh, hoh chee mihn (1890-1969) a Vietnamese Communist leader, served as president of North Vietnam from 1954 until his death.
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Le Duc Tho (1911-1990), a top-ranking Vietnamese Communist Party official and representative of what was then the government of North Vietnam, became the first Asian and the first member of a Communist government to receive a Nobel Prize for peace.
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Ngo Dinh Diem, uhng oh dihn zih ehm (1901-1963), was the first president of South Vietnam.
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Pham Van Dong, fahm vahn dong (1906-2000), became premier of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) in 1955.
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