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1883 Treaty of the Protectorate
Recognized French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. Vietnamese court was now under the French.
Geneva Accords of 1954
Granted Indochina independence from France. Vietminh soldiers would retreat from battle with the French
Ngo Dinh Diem
First president of South Vietnam, as a result of the Geneva Accords of 1954. Staunch anti-communist, made efforts to make a Republic of Vietnam.
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
Coalition government of Funcinpec, the Khmer Rouge, and the Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Khmer Krom
Indigenous people of Vietnam, nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge
East Asian Miracle
Economic miracles of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
National Assembly of Vietnam
The head organ of Vietnam since the Vietminh took control of the country in 1946, as part of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ung Huot
Political figure in Cambodia, who escaped from the civil war in the 70's, and then returned to the political sphere in the 90's. Replaced Ranariddh has prime minister for a year in 1997.
Samrin
A former member of the Khmer Rouge who later defected and went into hiding in Vietnam. He became chairman of the People's Republic of Kampucha when he returned in the 90's
Nguyen Ai Quoc
Ho Chi Minh
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
US Congress passage of responsive attack on Vietnam after US naval ships were attacked on the Gulf of Tonkin
Lon Nol
Led a revolution against Prince Sihanouk to become president of Cambodia, which he declared the Khmer Republic. Before the revolution he served as prime minister twice.
Hun Sen
One of the leaders of the Cambodian People's Party. Former Khmer Rouge who escaped to Vietnam and called for the Vietnamese to overthrow the Khmer Rouge.
Son Ngoc Thanh
Activist and politician in Cambodia. Was prime minister succeeding Sihanouk, but was arrested when the French seized control of Cambodia again.
Trung Sisters
National heroines of Vietnam, who fought off the Han dynasty for three years
Tay Son Rebellion
Peasant rebellions in the 18th/19th century, fought off Chinese.
4/17/1975
The day the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh and took over Cambodia
4/30/1975
The fall of Saigon, the end of the Vietnamese war, the reconstruction of communist Vietnam
People's Republic of Kampuchea
Single party communist government that followed the Democratic Kampuchea of the Khmer Rouge
Funcinpec
Royalist party, in coalition with Cambodian People's Party until 2008.