Support of Socialist Countries during Vietnam War: Training Officers of Soviet Union for Vietnam, 1954-1975

Nguyen Duy  Phuong; Nguyen Van  Sang

doi:10.36941/ajis-2021-0011

Authors

Nguyen Duy Phuong The University of Danang, University of Science and Education, No. 459 Ton Duc Thang, Hoa Khanh Nam, Lien Chieu, Da Nang City, Vietnam
Nguyen Van Sang The University of Danang, University of Science and Education, No. 459 Ton Duc Thang, Hoa Khanh Nam, Lien Chieu, Da Nang City, Vietnam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2021-0011

Keywords:

Soviet Union, Vietnam, officer training, Vietnam War, Aid, Socialist countries, Vietnamese student

Abstract

The victory of the Vietnamese people in the war is inseparable from the great support of the international community and the peacekeeping force worldwide. Not only receiving material support, but more importantly, Vietnam also received the support on intellectual resources from international friends through the training of officers in all fields. The Soviet Union's role as the leader of the socialist bloc held the most important position in that immense help. Based on archived sources that are diplomatic documents between the two countries, as well as the latest research achievements, the article analyzes the support of The Soviet Union for Vietnam in the field of officer training in many aspects. The results confirm the great contributions of The Soviet Union to the Vietnam war against the United States to build and protect the independence of Vietnamese people, and at the same time contribute to explain the effects of the “Soviet model” in Vietnam in the past as well as nowadays.

Received: 19 August 2020 / Accepted: 2 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021