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Communist led by Mao Zedong took power in China
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The US didnt imediately join the war, they first help train the South Vietnamese Army in its fight against the communists.
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JFK saw the Vietnam War as a place to prove America's anti-communist resolve.
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When Kennedy was assassinated the number of American military advisers in vietnam grew from 700 to 16,000
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Two Vietnamese gun boats attacked an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin
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The first full scale military intervention in Da Nang
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The First mass demonstration, with 20,000 people in Washington took place, and the protest grew in size and militancy.
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North Vietnam and the Vietcong launched the Tet Offensive, a series of attacks during Tet the lunar year.
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President Nixon decided to extricate the U.S from Vietnam. Turning the fight over to the South Vietnamese troops.
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The Paris Peace Accords called for the end of fighting and made all foriegn troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam.
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Communist forces overran the South, with Saigon failing in April, Forcing the evacuation of troops to become rushed.
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People desperate to escape were waiting at the US embassy in Saigon after the last helicopter lifted off to take evacuees to nearby warships.
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Party leaders followed China's lead and instituted free-market reforms. known as doi moi, With less state control of the economy and more private enterprise.
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Bill Clinton lifted the Trade Embargo
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Clinton restored diplomatic relations with Veitnam. Which in turn investors poured into the Vietnam economy boosting its economy.
