USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Viet Cong (VC), in full Viet Nam Cong San, English Vietnamese Communists, the guerrilla force that, with the support of the North Vietnamese Army, fought against South Vietnam (late 1950s–1975) and the United States (early 1960s–1973).

Detailed explanation-2: -The Vietnam War was a long, costly, and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the context of the Vietnam War (1955–1975), the army was referred to as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA, Vietnamese: Quân đội Bắc Việt, lit. ‘Military force of North Viet’).

Detailed explanation-4: -North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea, and South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. People from other countries also went to fight but not in their own national armies.