1960 in South Vietnam

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Decades: 1950s1960s1970s
See also: Other events of 1960Timeline of Vietnamese history

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Vietnam.

December

December 20 - The National Liberation Front (NLF) was created as a Communist political organization in South Vietnam, to oppose the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who gave the group the nickname "Viet Cong". As the NLF gained adherents, it began carrying out military attacks against the South Vietnamese Army, and against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.

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1960 in South Vietnam Wikipedia

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