South Vietnam

"RVN" redirects here. RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. South Vietnam is the commonly used name for the former Vietnamese state that existed from 1954 to 1976 in the portion of Vietnam that lies south of the 17th parallel. North Vietnam was situated to the north of the 17th parallel. The division of Vietnam occurred during the Geneva Conference, after the Viet Minh fought to install Communism in Vietnam and to end almost 100 years of colonial rule in French Indochina.
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Noun
1. a former country in southeastern Asia that existed from 1954 (after the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu) until 1975 when it was defeated and annexed by North Vietnam
(hypernym) Asian country, Asian nation
(part-holonym) Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Annam