It no longer is. The conclusion of the Vietnam War saw the North and the South rejoin into one country.
North Korea and south Korea and also North and South Vietnam
Korea and Vietnam and sudan
1975
Between 1954 and 1975, there were two Vietnams: a North Vietnam and a South Vietnam; divided at the 17th parallel.
The South Vietemese leaders knew that he would lose the elections. (APEX)
The country of Vietnam had divided into communist North Vietnam and democratic South Vietnam, and was fighting a civil war to determine if the country would be reunified as a communist nation, or if it would remain a divided nation. Untimately, North Vietnam prevailed.
Vietnam was divided in 1954 into North Vietnam and South Vietnam following the First Indochina War.
It no longer is. The conclusion of the Vietnam War saw the North and the South rejoin into one country.
North Korea and south Korea and also North and South Vietnam
In 1956, it divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel into North and South Vietnam. They remained that way until the South Vietnam government surrendered to North Vietnam forces in April, 1975.
17th. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/South+Vietnam
Korea and Vietnam and sudan
Communist NORTH Vietnam wanted to re-unite with it's SOUTHERN half; SOUTH Vietnam. The US backed South Vietnam desired to remain a non-communist Republic of South Vietnam. Because the "Communists" were involved, and this was the cold war era; the US had to stop & contain communism. The North attacked the South, the South resisted...Vietnam War.
Like Korea; a north and south Korea divided at the 38th parallel. Only it would be a north and south Vietnam divided at the 17th parallel.
1975
From 1954 to 1975, Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel. In April, 1975, North Vietnam troops accepted the surrender of South Vietnam from its president, thereby unifying Vietnam into a single country.