What Makes Vietnam A Communist State?
Vietnam has for long had communist influences in its political structure. After France took over the country in 1885, Vietnamese intellectuals started anti-colonial nationalist and communist movements. For a Nation under the control of another Nation, Communism seemed the way to go. During World War II, the Japanese occupied Vietnam,Which further roused nationalist sentiments. At the end of World War II, the Vietnamese communists under Ho Chi Minh announced the formation of the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam (2 September, 1945). The French clung on, and finally had to officially leave following the signing of the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities in Vietnam on 29 July, 1954, After losing a battle at Dien Bien Phu. At this time Vietnam was effectively partitioned into communist North Vietnam and non communist South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese started their campaign of taking over South Vietnam, And despite American intervention (the infamous Vietnam war), Finally s
