prior to unification, what were the parts it was divided into?
North Vietnam and South Vietnam
Vietnam
 Following Vietnamese victory against the French in the First Indochina War, which ended in 1954, the nation was divided into two rival states: communist North and anti-communist South. Conflicts intensified in the Vietnam War, which saw extensive US intervention in support of South Vietnam and ended with North Vietnamese victory in 1975.

After North and South Vietnam were reunified as a communist state under a unitary socialist government in 1976, 
who was behind the 1964 brinks hotel bombing? Viet Cong commanders what kind of an organization is this? It was an armed communist political revolutionary organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia how did it originate? The Saigon-Cholon Peace Committee, the first Viet Cong front, was founded to provide leadership for south Vietnam group. when was the first nation mentioned above founded? The State of Vietnam was created through co-operation between anti-communist Vietnamese and the French government and the South would continue to be a French dependency. when was it unified? On 2 July 1976
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Vietnam [SEP] Introduction
As a result of the successful reforms, Vietnam has enjoyed a high GDP growth rate, consistently ranked among the fastest-growing countries in the world. It nevertheless faces challenges including corruption, pollution, poverty, inadequate social welfare and a poor human rights record, including increasing persecution of religious groups and human rights advocates and intensifying restrictions on civil liberties. By 2010, Vietnam had established diplomatic relations with 178 countries. It is a member of such international organisations as the United Nations (UN), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, and the World Trade Organization (WTO).