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| Capital | Saigon | ||||||
| Largest city | Saigon | ||||||
| Other cities | Hue, Ngo Dinh Diem City | ||||||
| Language official |
Vietnamese | ||||||
| others | Chinese | ||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | Kinh | ||||||
| Demonym | Vietnamese | ||||||
| Government | Presidential Republic | ||||||
| Legislature | Legislature | ||||||
| Population | 80,003,655 | ||||||
| Established | October 23, 1954 | ||||||
| Independence | from Reunification: April 30, 1975 | ||||||
"South Vietnam had to be built from scratch and, from the very beginning, depended far too much on the Western superpowers. As in the case of a person on public welfare, this dependency, which became greater with each day, was quite difficult to shake."
-Nguyen Cao Ky