Talk:South Vietnamball/@comment-31328445-20170217172626/@comment-4425142-20170218115348

To be fair, even with the constant changes of government, coups, persecutions (particularly against the Buddhists) and all that jazz, South Vietnam is only an overall little better than the socialist country it is now, with a rich economy and decent military prowess (at least up until the end of the war). Honestly, I'll probably take that (and Viet Tan) if only Ho Chi Minh City would be renamed as Saigon once the new democratic government will be established.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam#Politics