Hồ Chí Minh's republic, proclaimed in 1945 and sovereign north of the 17th parallel from the Geneva Accords — the victor of both Indochina wars.
Reunified with the conquered South as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in July 1976.
The DRV's wars and state-building, from the August Revolution to reunification.
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