0
0
100 Miles
200 Kilometers
National Liberation
Front (Vietcong)
Saigon government
Contested areas
Areas controlled in 1973
War in Vietnam, 1957–1973
1968—U.S. Marines at the Battle of Hue
1965—U.S. bombing of North Vietnam
1975—Evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Saigon
SOUTH
VIETNAM
LAOS
CHINA
CAMBODIA
NORTH
VIETNAM
Gulf of
Tonkin
Gulf of
Thailand
South
China
Sea
Me
kon
gR
.
Mekong
Delta
Hainan
20 °N
15 °N
10 °N^110 °
E
105
°E
Hanoi Haiphong
Vihn
Dong Hoi
Hue
Da Nang
Chulai
Kon Tum
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Phnom
Penh
Cam Rahn
Bay
Dien Bien
Phu
Ho
Ch
iM
ihn
Tra
il
Demarcation
Line, 1954
U.S. Seventh
Fleet, 1964
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER:Interpreting Maps
1.Human-Environment InteractionDid the Saigon
government or the Vietcong control more of South
Vietnam in 1973?
2.MovementThrough what other countries did North
Vietnamese troops move to invade South Vietnam?