Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam
political entity in southern Vietnam from 1969 to 1975; provisional government of South Vietnam from 1975 to 1976
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, also known as Republic of South Vietnam or PRG was a former country that existed in Asia from 1969 to 1976. It was established on 6 June, 1969 with the support of North Vietnam and Viet Cong. The PRG existed as an underground government to the Republic of Vietnam until 1975. On 30 April, 1975, following the surrender of the government of Republic of Vietnam, the PRG officially became the government of Southern Vietnam. From then, it existed as a puppet state of North Vietnam. On 2 July, 1976, the PRG merged with North Vietnam to create a new country - the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam Chính phủ Cách mạng lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam | |||||||||
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 Emblem of the Viet Cong
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| Anthem: "Liberate the South!" (Vietnamese: Giải phóng miền Nam) | |||||||||
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| Status | nominal underground government (1969-75), Puppet state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1975–76) | ||||||||
| Capital | Lộc Ninh (1969–75) Saigon (1975–76) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Vietnamese | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism Confucianism Taoism | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Marxist–Leninist transitional government | ||||||||
| Head of state | |||||||||
• 1969–1976 | Nguyễn Hữu Thọ | ||||||||
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• 1969–1976 | Huỳnh Tấn Phát | ||||||||
| Historical era | Vietnam War · Cold War | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1973 | 173,809 km2 (67,108 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1973 | 19370000 | ||||||||
| Currency | Liberation dong | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Vietnam | ||||||||
