State · 1945 – 1976
North Vietnam
A state of 1945 – 1976 — 31 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Empire of Vietnam and followed French Indochina and Nguyễn dynasty. It was followed by Vietnam. The atlas records 6 things within it — wars and battles 6. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 31 years
- 1945 – 1976
- Rulers
- 3
- the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Most ground
- 186,800 km²
- in 1973
- Within it
- 6
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Empire of Vietnam · replaces · 1945
- French Indochina · follows · 1887 – 1954
- Nguyễn dynasty · follows · 1802 – 1945
After it
- Vietnam · followed by · 1976 – present
Rulers
The leaders of its ruling party - the line the atlas measures; its formal heads of state are listed with the government below.
1 terms are shared from [object Object].
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trường Chinh | 1940 – 1956 | 16 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ho Chi Minh | 1956 – 1960 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Lê Duẩn | 1960 – 1986 | 26 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1940 – 1986. Only 46 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Formal heads of state and heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Vietnam, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Ho Chi Minh | 1945 – 1955 |
| Huỳnh Thúc Kháng | 1946 – 1946 |
| Phạm Văn Đồng | 1955 – 1976 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
158,000 km² in 1960, 186,800 km² in 1975; at its largest 186,800 km² in 1975. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of North Vietnam (1955–1976) · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedEmblem of North Vietnam · Public domain 
flag, undatedFlag of Vietnam · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19996 rows · 6 wars and battles
- Operation Linebacker II · battle · 1972
- Operation Linebacker · battle · 1972
- Operation Ivory Coast · battle · 1970
- Operation Pierce Arrow · battle · 1964
- Operation Flaming Dart · battle · 1965
- Operation Hastings · battle · 1966
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood31 years
stood longer than 27% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held186,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 56% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 5 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1935 – 1986, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1973, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q172640 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.