At the Geneva Convention held in 1954, even after the defeat of France, Vietnam was forced to accept its division. North Vietnam came under the Communist regime led by Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam under Bao Dai. The following were the consequences of this partition.
(a) This division of Vietnam brought along with it a series of conflicting events that turned Vietnam into a battlefield, causing large number of deaths and widespread destruction.
(b) A repressive and authoritarian government was set up in south under Ngo Dinh Diem after sacking Bao Dai.
(c) He was not tolerant to any sort of opposition. There began a series of arrests and killings of the so-called communists or those who opposed him.
(d) Ordinance 10, a French law that permitted Christianity but outlawed Buddhism, was adopted by Ngo Dinh Diem.
(e) There began a broad opposition under the banner of the National Liberation Front (NLF) against the dictatorial rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
(f) Fearing the spread of communist ideology, USA intervened and turned Vietnam into a battlefield
