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Vietcong vs Vietnam - What's the difference?

vietcong | vietnam |

As proper nouns the difference between vietcong and vietnam

is that vietcong is a communist organization and guerrilla army in south vietnam and cambodia that fought the united states, south korea, australia, and south vietnamese governments during the vietnam war and was supported by communist north vietnam while vietnam is vietnam.

vietcong

English

(Viet Cong)

Alternative forms

* Viet Cong, VC

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.

    • vietnam

    English

    (wikipedia Vietnam)

    Alternative forms

    * Viet Nam

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
  • The (Vietnam War).

    • Synonyms

    * Nam, 'Nam * Socialist Republic of Vietnam

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long war which a dominating foreign occupier of a place (the site of the war) cannot win.
    • another Vietnam
    the Soviet Union's Vietnam (the 1979–89 occupation of Afghanistan)

    See also

    * * Srebrenica, Chernobyl ----