Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam

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Republic of South Vietnam Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam (Vietnamese)
1969–1976
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Motto: Độc lập – Dân chủ – Hòa bình – Trung lập[1] "Independence – Democracy – Peace – Neutrality"
Anthem: Giải phóng miền Nam "Liberate the South"
Republic of South Vietnam (dark green) after the Fall of Saigon.
Status	Underground government in opposition to the Republic of Vietnam (1969–1975) Puppet state of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1975–1976)
Capital	Tây Ninh (1969–1972) Lộc Ninh (1972–1973) Cam Lộ (1973–1975) Saigon – Gia Dinh (1975–1976)
Common languages	Vietnamese
Religion	Vietnamese folk religion Buddhism Caodaism Christianity
Demonym(s)	South Vietnamese
Government	Unitary Marxist–Leninist transitional government
President
• 1969–1976	Nguyễn Hữu Thọ
Chairman of government
• 1969–1976	Huỳnh Tấn Phát
Legislature	People's Assembly
Historical era	Vietnam War Cold War
• Government formed	8 June 1969
• Fall of Saigon	30 April 1975
• Vietnamese reunification	2 July 1976
Area
1975	173,809 km2 (67,108 sq mi)
Currency	Liberation dong
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Vietnam Vietnam
Today part of	Vietnam

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The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG, Vietnamese: Chính phủ Cách mạng Lâm thời Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), was de facto formed on 8 June 1969 by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) as an armed underground government opposing the government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu. Delegates of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF/Viet Cong), as well as several smaller groups, participated in its creation.

The PRG was recognized as the government of South Vietnam by most socialist states and Malta.^[2] It signed the 1973 Paris Peace Treaty as an independent entity, de jure separate from both South Vietnam and North Vietnam. After the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, the PRG formally replaced the Republic of Vietnam to become the nominal and representative government of South Vietnam under the official name Republic of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cộng hòa miền Nam Việt Nam), inheriting all properties, rights, obligations and sovereignty representation of the Republic of Vietnam. On 2 July 1976, the Republic of South Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam constitutionally merged to form the current Socialist Republic of Vietnam.