The Russian Journal of Vietnamese StudiesThe Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies2618-9453Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS32173110.54631/VS.2023.71-321731Research ArticleTo the 50th anniversary of the Paris agreement on VietnamKobelevYevgeny V.<p>Ph.D. (History), Leading Researcher, Centre for Vietnam and ASEAN Studies</p>evgeny.kobelev@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1980-3239Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences03042023711161242803202328032023Copyright © 2023, Kobelev Y.V.2023<p>50 years ago, on January 27, 1973, Agreement to end the war and restore peace in Vietnam was signed in Paris. The article shows the vicissitudes of these negotiations, which lasted almost 5 years as a result of the fact that the United States stubbornly tried to force the DRV and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam to accept the American terms of the future agreement.</p>
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