Chinese and Soviet economic and technical aid to North Vietnam, 1955-60
While China’s generous economic and technical aid to North Vietnam was crucial for importing consumption goods from China, developing light industry and agriculture in North Vietnam, modern industrial equipment, advanced technology, and Soviet specialists from the Soviet Union became ultimately necessary for North Vietnam to build up its industrial base in the late 1950s. The disastrous consequences of North Vietnam China-modelled land reform which unravelled in 1956 and Hanoi’s emphasis on building up the industrial base of North Vietnam’s economy in the 1958-1960 plan further compelled Hanoi to seek greater economic and technical assistance from the Soviet Union.