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South Vietnam
noun
- a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. : Saigon.
South Vietnam
noun
- a former republic (1955–76) occupying the S of present-day Vietnam on the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand
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He got the chance in somewhat backward fashion: He was drafted straight out of a residency at Yale and shipped to Delta Med, a medical facility in South Vietnam close to the combat zone.
Obviously, Don McKellar has been a part of this game for a while, but “The Sympathizer” is really about a communist in South Vietnam, and it’s really based on loyalty, identity.
In 1954, his parents and five siblings escaped communist North Vietnam to seek refuge in South Vietnam.
In Vietnam, Buddha’s birthday is a still popular festival, but not a public holiday, which it was from 1958 to 1975 in what was formerly South Vietnam.
Some former prisoners of war and veterans in the Vietnamese community demanded their heads on the platter for celebrating dishes synonymous with the regime that took over South Vietnam in 1975.
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