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VietnamWar.com:The Vietnam War - America's Longest War, American Soldiers Fought and Died Here to Defend Our Freedom. ... (964 words) |
 | The Vietnam War was the longest military conflict in U.S. history. |
 | The Vietnam War was a military struggle fought in Vietnam from 1959 to 1975, involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front (NLF) in conflict with United States forces and the South Vietnamese army. |
 | Ultimately, however, the United States failed to achieve its goal, and in 1975 Vietnam was reunified under Communist control; in 1976 it officially became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
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Religion in Vietnam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (692 words) |
 | However, even though the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam allows religious freedom, religion is suppressed by the communist government as it is viewed as a threat to national security. |
 | By Novermber 1977, the government declared relgious freedom for the Catholics in the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, but under the condition that all Catholic organizations must be under the control of the communist government. |
 | In Vietnam, Protestantism is a minority religion, with only 100,000 to 200,000 followers by the early 1980s, mostly located in the Montagnard communities in southern Vietnam's central highlands. |