History

Ho Chi Minh had created the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) in the 1930s.
The Viet Minh defeated the French in May 1954 at Dien Bien Phu by training small bands of rebel fighters (guerrillas).
Ngo Dinh Diem becomes the president of South Vietnam in October 1955.
In March 1966 Viet Cong (VC) and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) destroys the U.S. Special Forces base in A Shau Valley.
In the early 1975, without the support of the U.S. Army, South Vietnam's forces fell and North Vietnam had victory at the end of April, within a year later the two nations reunited into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Le Duan created efforts on extending Vietnam's authority in Southeast Asia, in 1978 Vietnam invaded Cambodia and installed a pro-Vietnamese regime.
Chinese officials were angered of Vietnamese actions on trying to control Indochina, as a result China invaded northern Vietnam in 1979, and they stopped their aid and imports from reaching Vietnam.
Vietnam arranged a settlement with Cambodia in 1989 that led to the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops in Cambodia, in 1991 the two countries signed their peace agreement.
In 1992 China gave Vietnam a small amount of economic aid.
When Vietnam removed thier troops from Cambodia, the country received an invitation to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1995.
In the early 1994, America removed their trade embargo with Vietnam because Vietnam agreed to find missing U.S. soldiers who had served in Vietnam.
In 1995 the United States and Vietnam reestablished diplomatic relation ships.