present participle of Vietnamize

plural of Vietnam

A long and protracted war or conflict in which the dominating foreign occupier is unable to secure a victory. / (US, slang) A place that is very dangerous, especially if afflicted by violence.

A country in Southeast Asia, on the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, officially named Socialist Republic of Vietnam. / (chiefly US, colloquial) The Vietnam War.

The process of becoming more Vietnamese. / (historical) Especially, the U.S. government policy of reducing American involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.

plural of Vietnamization

To make more Vietnamese. / (historical) Especially, to reduce US involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.

simple past tense and past participle of Vietnamize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Vietnamize

The war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975 between South Vietnam (backed by the United States and SEATO) and North Vietnam aiding the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla army known as the Vietcong (supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union) for the struggle for total Communist control of Vietnam as one state.