title: 1960 in South Vietnam
text: # 1960 in South Vietnam
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1960 in South Vietnam.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### December
  
  * December 20 - The National Liberation Front (NLF) was created as a Communist political organization in South Vietnam, to oppose the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who gave the group the nickname "Viet Cong". As the NLF gained adherents, it began carrying out military attacks against the South Vietnamese Army, and against U.S. forces during the Vietnam War.
  