Vietcong

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Vietcong

/ˌviː.ɛtˈkɒŋ/ UK
/ˌvi.ɛtˈkɑŋ/ US

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Unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese Việt Cộng, short for Việt Nam cộng sản (“Vietnamese communist”). First attested in English in 1957.

proper noun Viet Cong · VC

A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that waged an insurgency against the South Vietnamese government, the United States, South Korea, and Australia during the Vietnam War. It was ultimately directed by communist North Vietnam, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and formally organized as the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in 1960.

noun Vietcongs · Vietcong · Viet Cong · VC

A member of this organization. Then I went to Cam Ranh Bay, a huge base, and received the same official briefing, upbeat and hopeful. Afterward, I asked the briefing officer if he thought any Vietcong were working on the base itself. He said yes. I asked how many, and he said, “We figure twenty to thirty percent of our employees

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name a communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia

한국어	베트콩 Beteukong
日本語	ベトコン Betokon
中文	越共 Yuègòng
Ελληνικά	Βιετκόνγκ Vietkóngk
Русский	Вьетко́нг Vʹjetkóng
Tiếng Việt	Việt Cộng
العربية	فيت كونغ

noun a member of the Vietcong guerrilla

Português	vietcongue, vietcong, viet cong

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@misc{vietcong_2026,
  title = {Vietcong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vietcong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}