By late afternoon, my ride along Highway 9 had confluenced into Highway 1, Vietnam’s main north-south thoroughfare. It was here I’d spend the next month cycling south.

Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge across the Ben Hai River is located along the 17th parallel, the former demarcation line between North and South Vietnam.© Andrew Woodley/Education Images ...

In 1954, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh and backed by China and the Soviet Union, was established north of the 17th parallel.

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1954 - At Geneva Conference, Vietnam is split into North and South at the 17th Parallel. 1956 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem begins campaign against political dissidents.

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VIETNAM is to be partitioned provisionally at the 17th parallel, the north portion (pop. 12 million) to go to the Communists. Cambodia is to be cleared of all guerrillas and left free to deal with ...

Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge across the Ben Hai River is located along the 17th parallel, the former demarcation line between North and South Vietnam. Andrew Woodley/Education Images ...