Vietnamese Social Structure

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Nguyen’s view of the Vietnamese social structure of that time, mentions that the North Vietnamese were, consequently, using propaganda, to gain support, from the disillusioned, poor peasants of South Vietnam. The south of Vietnam was extremely poor; consequently, they believed that the Communists would be their saviours, improving their standards, moreover, there would be no social classes and everyone would benefit from the new regime. The president of South Vietnam Thiệu introduced, in 1970, land reformation in an effort to recapture the devotion of the peasantry (Nguyen, 2015). North and South Vietnamese social structures were dictatorial, South Vietnam under the control of President Thiệu fully supported by the USA government. On the other

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