Republic of South Vietnam

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Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam Republic of South Vietnam Provisional government ← 1975 – 1976 → Flag Anthem Giải phóng miền Nam (To Liberate the South) Capital Ho Chi Minh City Language(s) Vietnamese Government Socialist republic Chairman of Consultative Council Nguyen Huu Tho Chairman of Consultative Council Huynh Tan Phat Historical era Cold War  - Provisional republic established April 30, 1975  - Disestablished July 2, 1976 Area  - 1973 173,809 km² (67,108 sq mi) Population  - 1973 est. 19,370,000       Density 111.4 /km²  (288.6 /sq mi) Currency Liberation dong

History of Vietnam

Hồng Bàng Dynasty Thục Dynasty (257–207 BCE) First Chinese domination (207 BCE–39 CE) • Triệu Dynasty (207–111 BCE) Trưng Sisters (40–43 CE) Second Chinese domination (43–544) • Lady Triệu's Rebellion (248) Anterior Lý Dynasty and Triệu Việt Vương (544–602) Third Chinese domination (602–905) • Mai Hắc Đế (722) • Phùng Hưng (791–798) Autonomy (905–938) • Khúc Family (906–930) • Dương Đình Nghệ (931–937) • Kiều Công Tiễn (937–938) Ngô Dynasty (939–967) • The 12 Lords Rebellion (966–968) Đinh Dynasty (968–980) Prior Lê Dynasty (980–1009) Lý Dynasty (1009–1225) Trần Dynasty (1225–1400) Hồ Dynasty (1400–1407) Fourth Chinese domination (1407–1427) • Posterior Trần Dynasty (1407–1413) • Lam Sơn Rebellion (1418–1427) Later Lê Dynasty (1428–1788) • Early Lê (1428–1527) • Restored Lê  (1533–1788) Mạc Dynasty (1527–1592) Trịnh-Nguyễn War (1627–1673) Tây Sơn Dynasty (1778–1802) Nguyễn Dynasty (1802–1945) • French Colonialism (1887–1945) • Japanese Occupation (1945) The Indochina Wars and the Partition of Vietnam (1945–1975) • Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1976) • State of Vietnam (1949–1955) • Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975) • Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976) Socialist Republic of Vietnam (from 1976) Other Topics • Kingdom of Champa (2nd-century–1471) • List of Vietnamese monarchs • Economic history of Vietnam • Prehistoric cultures of Vietnam v • d • e

The Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam) was the provisional government of South Vietnam following the final military defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, on April 28, 1975. The Republic of South Vietnam existed for 15 months. On July 2, 1976, the Republic of South Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) were officially reunified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Contents 1 Government 1.1 History 1.2 Personnel 2 National anthem 2.1 Vietnamese words 2.2 English Translation 3 Notes 4 Further reading 5 External links

[edit] Government

The government of the Republic of South Vietnam was the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Chính Phủ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam), often abbreviated to PRG.

[edit] History

The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG) was an provisional government formed on June 8, 1969 in opposition to the Nguyen Van Thieu government of the Republic of Vietnam.

The PRG was constituted by the National Liberation Front (NLF); the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces; and the People's Revolutionary Party and consequently reflected a number of nationalist, anti-imperialist and communist political viewpoints, including the Vietnam Workers Party. Following the military and political results of the 1968 Tet and related military offensives in the South, in which the NLF suffered serious military losses, the PRG was envisioned as a political counter-force that could influence international public opinion in support of national independence and in opposition to the U.S. and the Republic of Vietnam.^[1]

The declared purpose of the PRG was to provide a formal NLF governmental structure and enhance its claim of representing "the Southern people".^[2] Included in this strategy was the pursuit of a negotiated settlement to the war leading to reunification. It was organized during the initial phase of the U.S. policy of Vietnamization, which was devised by U.S. President Richard Nixon and his national security advisor Henry Kissinger early in their administration and which emulated the jaunissement policy pursued earlier by the French during their colonial rule of Indochina.

During the period 1969-1970, most of the PRG's cabinet ministries operated near the Cambodia border. These areas were targeted by the invasion of Cambodia, in April 1970, attempted by ARVN and US forces. The central bodies of the PRG thus functioned as a government in exile. The PRG maintained diplomatic relations with many so-called 'non-aligned' countries, such as Algeria, as well as with the Soviet Union and with the Peoples Republic of China.

After the surrender of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the PRG assumed power in the South and subsequently participated in the political reunification of the country.

[edit] Personnel

Post	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Note
Chairman of Government (Prime Minister)	Huynh Tan Phat	8 June 1969	2 July 1976	None
Vice-Chairman	Phung Van Cung	8 June 1969	?
Vice-Chairman	Nguyen Van Kiet	8 June 1969	?
Vice-Chairman	Nguyen Doa	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Defense	Tram Nam Trung	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Nguyen Thi Binh	8 June 1969	?
Minister of the Interior	Phung Van Cung	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Justice	Truong Nhu Tang	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Economy and Finance	Cao Van Bon	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Information and Culture	Luu Huu Phuoc	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Education and Youth	Nguyen Van Kiet	8 June 1969	?
Minister of Health, Social Action and Disabled Soldiers	Duong Quynh Hoa	8 June 1969	?

[edit] National anthem

The national anthem of the Government was "To Liberate the South" (Vietnamese: "Giải phóng miền Nam"). The song was written in 1961 by Luu Huu Phuoc (Vietnamese: Lưu Hữu Phước, 1921-1989) and adopted at that time as the anthem of the National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam.

[edit] Vietnamese words Giải phóng miền Nam, chúng ta cùng quyết tiến bước. Diệt Đế quốc Mỹ, phá tan bè lũ bán nước. Ôi xương tan máu rơi, long hân thù ngất trời. Sông núi bao nhiêu năm cắt rời. Đây Cửu Long hùng tráng, Đây Trường Sơn vinh quang. Thúc giục đoàn ta xung phong đi giết thù. Vai sát vai chung một bóng cờ. Vùng lên! Nhân dân miền Nam anh hùng! Vùng lên! Xông pha vượt qua bão bùng. Thề cứu lấy nước nhà! Thề hy sinh đến cùng! Cầm gươm, ôm sung, xông tới! Vận nước đã đên rồi. Bình minh chiếu khắp nơi. Nguyện xây non nước sáng tươi muôn đời.

[edit] English Translation To liberate the South, we decided to advance. To exterminate the American Empire, and destroy the traitors. Oh bones have broken, and blood has fallen, the hatred is rising high Our country has been separated for so long. Here, the sacred Mekong River, here, glorious Trường Sơn Mountains Are urging us to advance to kill the enemy, Arm-by-arm under a common flag Arise! ye brave people of the South Arise! Let us go through storms. We'll save the homeland, we'll sacrifice ourselves to the end. Hold your swords and guns and go forward! The chance is coming, the sun shines everywhere, We'll build up our country shining forever.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Truong Nhu Tang. 1986. A Viet Cong Memoir. Vintage.
2. ^ Truong Nhu Tang. 1986. A Viet Cong Memoir. Vintage. p. 146-147.

[edit] Further reading

• Truong Nhu Tang, with David Chanoff, Doan Van Toai. 1985. A Viet Cong Memoir. New York. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
• Truong Nhu Tang, with David Chanoff, Doan Van Toai. 1986. A Viet Cong Memoir. New York. Vintage.

[edit] External links

Government

• Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (1969-1975)

Leaders

• Rulers (Vietnam)
• WORLD STATESMEN, Vietnam (include South Vietnam)

National anthem

• "Ethnic Music" Room (“Words” is Japanese version only.)

Preceded by Republic of Việt Nam

Republic of South Việt Nam 1975 - 1976

Succeeded by Socialist Republic of Việt Nam