HIST 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ngo Dinh Diem, Anti-Communism, Major Force
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Two hostile governments met one another across the dmz, following geneva. In north vietnam, returning to hanoi with its capital, the drv of president ho. Chi minh tried to create a socialist society with support from china and the soviet. Industry and trade were nationalized in the cities and towns. A massive land reform program in the countryside confiscated wealthy farmers " farmland, and allocated it to the poor. Around 60 percent of the peasants in north vietnam received some land under the program, according to contemporary estimates. There was however a violent side to the plan. Several vietnamese were arrested for being hostile to the revolt, and some were executed. Ho chi minh fired the government minister in charge of the program to placate critics, and soon demoted the party secretary general, truong. In south vietnam, bao dai"s government under the veteran vietnamese politician. Ngo dinh diem was replaced with a new dictatorship.
