Yes, I spent a year talking to Vietnamese from both the North and the South.  I read the personal letters and diaries of NVA Soldiers.  Never once did I hear or read any of them show any affection for Communism.  Both sides wanted a free and independent country, but when Ho Chi Minh couldn't get aid from Eisenhower to fight the French (his first choice), he turned to the Soviets who gave him the arms and money he needed and professed his allegiance to Communism.  Had we not been allies with the French and been in a position to help the Vietminh, Vietnam would be a free and independent Capitalist country today.

The South Vietnamese weren't fond of their dictators, but the war happened because they hated the Communists even more.  The North Vietnamese made a huge miscalculation with the Tet Offensive, believing that when they took the fight to the cities, the people would rise up to support the Communists, and the military would change sides.  The opposite happenened.