Migration of citizens of North Vietnam to South Vietnam after the Geneva Agreement on Indochina (1954 - 1955)

Abstract

After the Geneva Agreement was signed, with the provision that Vietnam was temporarily divided into two regions, taking the 17th parallel as a temporary military boundary, the time for gathering, moving, and migrating between regions was also stipulated. Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam within 300 days. The regulations from the Geneva Agreement along with the complicated situation of the Indochina war were mainly in Vietnam, between the Viet Minh army and the French army. This made the migration extremely complicated and caused many historical consequences. Migrants from North Vietnam to South Vietnam were mainly Catholics, the southern government led by Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister arranged to settle them in some areas in South Vietnam. The issue of migrants also caused disturbances and had a strong impact on the Vietnam War (1954 - 1975). The research is based on historical research methods and actual historical methods to describe the migration process after the Geneva Agreement, thereby clarifying an important period of Vietnamese history. The issue of migration has also left important historical lessons in building socio-economic policies today in Vietnam.