Hợp tác kinh tế giữa Việt Nam Cộng hòa và Đại Hàn Dân Quốc (1965-1975)

Abstract

The task of this research article is to shed light on the Republic of Vietnam (RVN/ South Vietnam) - the Republic of Korea (ROK/South Korea) economic ties from 1965 to 1975. The author employed the methodology of histology, including a historical documentary approach, along with desk-research paper reference to acknowledge that the economic relation between South Vietnam and South Korea is a realm of bilateral diplomatic relations and the war is a factor to give a heavy impulse to economic ties. While South Vietnam was subjected to South Korea’s aid to repulse the attacks of Communists as well as reconstruct the national economy after the war, the South Korean government also engaged in South Vietnam’s market and benefited from the US aid and free trade market for South Korea’s commodity consumption. After the removal of Allied troops, South Vietnam and South Korea remained its economic ties to supersede the role of the US in Southeast Asia as well as safeguard South Vietnam from Communism, which was expected to make a seismic change in the economy in this country subsequent to the Fall of Saigon in 1975.