v t e Vietnam War
Outline
Participants	North Vietnam (Việt Minh / PAVN, PRG, Viet Cong) South Vietnam (ARVN) International participants United States Thailand Australia People's Republic of China Republic of China South Korea New Zealand
Related conflicts	Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cold War (1962–1979) Cold War in Asia
Background	French Indochina Japanese occupation State of Vietnam (1949–1955) First Indochina War (Việt Minh, Battle of Dien Bien Phu) 1954 Geneva Conference Vietnamese migration of 1954–55 1955 referendum North Vietnamese invasion of Laos 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
Events	1962: Strategic Hamlet Program Independence Palace bombing 1963: Buddhist crisis Coup against Diem 1964: Coup against Minh Gulf of Tonkin incident / Resolution December coup 1965: U.S. escalation / "Americanization" 1965 South Vietnamese coup Bombing of North Vietnam 1966: Buddhist Uprising 1968: Tet Offensive (Khe Sanh, Hue) 1970: Cambodian campaign 1971: Vietnamization policy, ARVN campaign in Laos 1972: Easter Offensive Christmas bombings 1973: Paris Peace Accords 1974: Battle of Phước Long 1975: 1975 spring offensive Fall of Saigon
Conflict	Củ Chi tunnels Ho Chi Minh trail Sihanouk Trail Operation Popeye Weapons Agent Orange Land mines Rape United States prisoners of war War crimes (Huế, My Lai, Đắk Sơn)
Impacts	Casualties Body count controversy POW/MIA issue Impact of Agent Orange Environmental impact
Aftermath	Cambodian–Vietnamese War Indochina refugee crisis Vietnamese boat people Sino-Vietnamese War Veterans Normalization of US–Vietnam relations
Reactions	Draft evasion in the Vietnam War Opposition to United States involvement Protests United States news media In popular culture Film Games Songs
Other topics	Awards and decorations Canada and the Vietnam War CIA activities in Vietnam Henry Kissinger’s involvement Pentagon Papers SEATO Women in the Vietnam War
Category Battles and operations Commons

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Do NOT add this template to every related article (e.g. Richard Nixon). It should only go on core Vietnam War articles.
Do NOT include every single battle; that is for ((Campaignbox Vietnam War)).
Do NOT include connected articles on overly detailed or small subtopics. There are probably more than 1,000 articles that are in Category:Vietnam War and its subcategories. This template is focused on the most general overview possible.
The template currently includes no people. This may be the wrong call, but I suspect that once a single person is added, the floodgates for including 30 people will open up. I think the generals/politicians/activists/etc. are adequately linked in the articles as is, so.