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Ho Chi Minh settles in Paris and joins the Communist Party
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Ho Chi Minh moves to China and forms the Vietnamese Communist party
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Japanese forces invade Vietnam
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Japanese surrender
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Ho Chi Minh's forces enter Saigon to sieze power
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Ho Chi Minh declares the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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The First Indochina War breaks out
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China becomes Communist
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Eisenhower comes to power
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The Geneva Conference for Vietnam
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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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Ngo Dinh Diem moves against the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao and Binh Xuyen private army
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Ho Chi Minh introduced land reform policies
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Land reform pursued through a cooperative strategy
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Ngo Dinh Diem establishes the Agroville Program
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National Liberation Front established
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John F Kennedy comes to power
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JFK increases the number of US advisors in Vietnam from 900 to 1025
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Diem introduces the Strategic Hamlet Program
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Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated
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General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam