Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (Chính Phủ Cách Mạng Lâm Thời Cộng Hòa Miền Nam Việt Nam), often abbreviated to PRG, was a underground government formed on June 8, 1969 in opposition to the anti-Communist U.S.-supported Republic of Vietnam.

Related Topics:
Underground government - June 8 - 1969 - Communist - U.S. - Republic of Vietnam

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It was formed by the National Liberation Front (NLF); the Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces; and the People's Revolutionary Party. Although notionally non-partisan, and including a number of political viewpoints, in reality it was controlled by the North Vietnamese Communist government which backed it,

Related Topics:
National Liberation Front - Alliance of National, Democratic and Peace Forces - People's Revolutionary Party - North Vietnam

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It was proclaimed that its purpose was to assume power following the presumed victory of the opponents of the Republic of Vietnam (i.e. after the end of the Vietnam War). In reality, it was formed in large part as a political maneuver to provide a vehicle which could be used to undermine support for the policy of Vietnamization, particularly among the people of South Vietnam.

Related Topics:
Vietnam War - Vietnamization

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During the period 1969-1970, most of the PRG's cabinet ministries were operating from jungle hideouts in the Iron Triangle region in South Vietnam near the border with Cambodia. It was driven across the border into Cambodia in April of 1970 by an offensive into the Iron Triangle mounted by ARVN and US forces. For most of its existence thereafter it operated in exile.

Related Topics:
1969 - 1970 - Iron Triangle - Cambodia - ARVN - Exile

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Although it was a government of sorts, it did not present a serious challenge to the authority of the existing South Vietnamese government, which was only really vulnerable to a direct military attack from North Vietnam (which was eventually the reason for its demise).

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After the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the PRG assumed power as the Republic of South Vietnam.

Related Topics:
Fall of Saigon - April 30 - 1975 - Republic of South Vietnam

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