Source : WordNet®

Vietnam
     n 1: a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea;
          achieved independence from France in 1945 [syn: {Socialist
          Republic of Vietnam}, {Viet Nam}, {Annam}]
     2: a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of
        North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the
        non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported
        by the United States [syn: {Vietnam War}]