They were fortunate that Ho Chi Minh died in 1969, before the end of the war, the new leaders weren’t as tied to the whole Comintern thing, like Ho was, and once they Soviet Union collapsed, they did what they had to do to stay in power.
* They were fortunate that Ho Chi Minh died in 1969*
I took some small pleasure knowing he didn’t live to see Saigon fall, and the American tactical withdraw.