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Latest comment: 3 months ago by Cinderella157 in topic Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2026

Time

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According to the Geneva Accords on Vietnam (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v16/d1035), the times the ceasefire came into effect were:

  • Northern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 27 July 1954
  • Central Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 1 August 1954
  • Southern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 11 August 1954

And here are sources presenting full content of the Geneva Accords on Laos and Cambodia:

According to these three agreements, the ceasefire took effect in Laos on 6 August 1954, in Cambodia on 7 August 1954, and all of Vietnam on 11 August 1954. So I think the end date of the war mentioned in the article is wrong, there is no basis to say that August 1st was the end of the war. Please change the end date of the war from 1 August 1954 to 11 August 1954 (or at least restore to the old and stable version that the war ended on 21 July 1954). Thanks! 1.52.155.160 (talk) 18:02, 30 October 2025 (UTC) (Block evasion)Reply

Thank you for bringing this important point to our attention. I have corrected the date to 11 August 1954, and added Document 1035 as an inline citation. DiverDave (talk) 05:30, 12 January 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, but I want to add information for the last paragraph of the introduction. Please change "After the division, the Indochinese Federation was dissolved in December 1954, followed by the South Vietnamese withdrawal from the French Union Assembly and the withdrawal of French troops from the South" to "After the division, the Indochinese Federation was dissolved in December 1954, followed by the South Vietnamese withdrawal from the French Union Assembly in December 1955 and the withdrawal of French troops from the South in April 1956".
Here is source:[1]:v
Also, according to this article (French Far East Expeditionary Corps), the French army withdrew from South Vietnam in April 1956. ~2026-23768-9 (talk) 06:32, 12 January 2026 (UTC) (Block evasion)Reply
Anyway, thank you for correcting the time! ~2026-23852-6 (talk) 11:53, 12 January 2026 (UTC) (Block evasion)Reply

References

  1. United States Department of Defense, ed. (2011). "U.S. and France's Withdrawal from Vietnam, 1954–1956" (PDF). National Archives and Records Administration. The Pentagon Papers.

Semi-protected edit request on 21 December 2025

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According to the Geneva Accords on Vietnam (https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v16/d1035), the times the ceasefire came into effect were:

  • Northern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 27 July 1954
  • Central Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 1 August 1954
  • Southern Viet-Nam at 8:00 a.m. (local time) on 11 August 1954

And here are sources presenting full content of the Geneva Accords on Laos and Cambodia:

According to these three agreements, the ceasefire took effect in Laos on 6 August 1954, in Cambodia on 7 August 1954, and all of Vietnam on 11 August 1954. So I think the end date of the war mentioned in the article is wrong, there is no basis to say that 1 August 1954 was the end of the war.

Please change the end date of the war from 1 August 1954 to 11 August 1954 in the introduction and infobox.

~2025-42118-93 (talk) 05:27, 21 December 2025 (UTC) (block evasion)Reply

Pick one of the dates you would like to change to. Theeverywhereperson (talk here) 07:00, 21 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for your feedback! I think 11 August 1954 makes more sense. ~2025-42178-03 (talk) 13:38, 21 December 2025 (UTC) (block evasion)Reply
I corrected. ~2025-42233-92 (talk) 14:11, 21 December 2025 (UTC) (block evasion)Reply

The involvement of UIF and Pathet Lao should be mentioned in this article

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The United Issarak Front and Pathet Lao fought with Viet Minh in this war; however, they only appear in the infobox of this article, and are not mentioned at all in the text. I suggest that the involvement of UIF and Pathet Lao be described in this article. 特磨 (talk) 08:57, 2 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

I think the introduction is already long enough, and besides, the Viet Minh were the main fighting force and the primary battlefield was in Vietnam. ~2026-13065-61 (talk) 03:16, 28 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
I mean not the introduction, but the whole article. The UIF and Pathet Lao only appear in the infobox of this article. 特磨 (talk) 03:42, 28 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2026

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In this part, I found a grammatical error. Please change "This led to 400 French-trained Vietnamese defecting to the Viet Minh on June 1948" to "This led to 400 French-trained Vietnamese defecting to the Viet Minh in June 1948". ~2026-26991-79 (talk) 03:05, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done Cinderella157 (talk) 03:31, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply