<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clockwise, from top left: U.S. combat operations in Ia Drang, ARVN Rangers defending Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive, two A-4C Skyhawks after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, ARVN recapture Quảng Trị during the 1972 Easter Offensive, civilians fleeing the 1972 Battle of Quảng Trị, and burial of 300 victims of the 1968 Huế Massacre . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 1 November 1955--30 April 1975 (1975 - 04 - 30) (19 years, 5 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> North Vietnamese victory </P> <Ul> <Li> Withdrawal of American - led forces from Indochina </Li> <Li> Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos </Li> <Li> South Vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Reunification of North and South Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr>

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