A few South Vietnamese -- anywhere from veterans of the war to teachers to engineers -- were deemed dangerous and were sent to reeducation camps where they would confess to crimes they committed against Vietnam.

Those citizens that were deteremined to be 'too dangerous' were placed in camps in Norther Vietnam where slave labor wasn't uncommon.

Some South Vietnamese who fought in the war and were mostly jobless afterward were forced, along with their families, into "land redevelopment projects" (New Economic Zones).

The conditions they were moved into were horrible and could be deemed unliveable.

Many thought of these New Economic Zones as places for 'internal exile'.

 

In 1975, 2 years after the Americans pulled out of Vietnam, South and North Vietnam were united and a Communist country.
South Vietnamese were practically massacred by the North.

Because of the United State's extreme use of Agent Orange (more than 20 million gallons) to destroy the jungle-like terrain, Vietnam physically was left destroyed.

Crops were also damaged, leaving the Vietnamese people with hard land to work on.

Agent Orange has also been linked to many health problems, such as cancer.

There were many losses for the Vietnamese coutnry as a whole.

Since the war took place in Vietnam, the US lost only those there fighting. That wasn't the same picture for the Vietnamese people. Not only was the army fighting but citizens fought just the same.

Vietnam lost more than 1.1 million people, compared with the US's 58,261.

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Project by:

Abby Kaugher
Nicole Sorensen
Maddie Jerje