1960 in South Vietnam
List of events
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The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Vietnam.
Events
December
- December 20 - The National Liberation Front (NLF) was created as a Communist political organization in South Vietnam, to oppose the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who gave the group the nickname "Viet Cong". As the NLF gained adherents, it began carrying out military attacks against the South Vietnamese Army, and against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.[1]
References
- ^ James DeFronzo, Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements (3d. Ed., Westview Press, 2007) pp165–166
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1960 in Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bhutan
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- Ceylon
- China
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaya
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Oman
- East Pakistan
- West Pakistan
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- Sikkim
- Singapore
- Soviet Union
- Syria
- Thailand
- Turkey
- North Vietnam
- South Vietnam
- North Yemen
States with limited
recognition
recognition
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
- Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Taiwan
- Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
- Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic
- Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
Dependencies, colonies
and other territories
and other territories
- Bahrain
- Brunei
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colony of Aden
- Kuwait
