The People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (PRP; ) was a

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established in 1962, being the counter-part of the

Workers' Party of Vietnam This article describes the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (from 1930 to 1945, the Indochinese Communist Party) from its origins in the 1920s through to the consolidation of its position as the ruling party of a united Socialis ...

in the Southern half of the Vietnamese territory to provide formal political leadership for the National Liberation Front countering the French-associated

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and subsequently the US-backed

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regimes. In 1976, following the communists' victory and the overthrowing of the South Vietnamese regime, the party was merged with the

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to form the modern

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. The PRP was founded on January 1, 1962. Its foundation was publicly announced by Radio Hanoi on January 18, 1962. Honey, P. J..
North Vietnam's Workers' Party and South Vietnam's People's Revolutionary Party
', published in Pacific Affairs, Vol. 35, No. 4, (Winter, 1962–1963), pp. 375-383Blood, Jake. ''The Tet Effect: Intelligence and the Public Perception of War''. Routledge, 2005. p. 87-88 The stated goals of the party was to combat

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and

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. PRP was not an explicitly communist party, but according to the January 18 Radio Hanoi broadcast, it represented the Marxist–Leninists in South Vietnam. PRP was led by a Central Committee, often referred to as the Central Office for South Vietnam (COSVN). The smallest organizational unit of PRP was the cell. 1-7 cells constituted a ''chi bo'', the street or hamlet level organization of the party. PRP was the leading force in the National Liberation Front. Both at national and local levels PRP committees led the NLF work. In the Central Committee there were three main responsibilities, Military Commissar (coordinating the relations with the

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), NLF control and general administration. Võ Chí Công was party chairman.Photo Display of Viet Cong Leaders
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