ietnam had border conflicts with all
its neighboring (and fellow communist) nations in the years immediately
following its victory so a "pan communist Asian revolution" seemed unlikely.
The question posed here is a tough one and one that probably doesn't have an
answer that can be explained on a single (or dozen) usenet posts.


On the other hand, capital ism is rampant in the north and the south. tourism
is one of the biggest industries there, people travel arounf more or less
freely, there was no clear winner, and NVN's patron, the Soviet Union,
collapsed 15 years later so who really lost?