| Soviet Union | | | | thousand guns and rifles to Hanoi - this was |
| | | | done without charge. China also played a role |
| The Soviet Union was responsible for | | | | in rebuilding and defending the |
| supplying North Vietnam with military | | | | infrastructure of North Vietnam, opting to |
| apparatus - in the form of tanks, | | | | provide anti-aircraft and engineering |
| helicopters, planes, arms and artillery. They | | | | resources. They repaired roads, railways and |
| also provided medical supplies. The Soviet | | | | undertook other engineering initiatives. In |
| union suffered minimally, in terms of human | | | | doing this, it is said they freed up troops |
| life, when compared with other countries that | | | | to pursue the conflict in the South. Over the |
| played a role in the conflict. It's estimated | | | | duration of the war around one third of a |
| that the number of deaths of Soviet Union | | | | million Chinese troops served in Vietnam of |
| citizens would have been in the single | | | | which, it's estimated, 1,500 died. |
| digits. After the Soviet Union collapsed, | | | | |
| Russian government officials made a statement | | | | North Korea |
| acknowledging that 3,000 troops were | | | | |
| stationed in Vietnam during the conflict. | | | | Following a decision made by the Korean |
| | | | Workers' Party, in 1966, North Korea |
| | | | dispatched a squadron to support the North |
| | | | Vietnam forces which were defending Hanoi. |
| China's interests in the Vietnam War began in | | | | They stayed through to the year 1968, and are |
| the late 1940's when the communists managed | | | | also reported to have provided support in the |
| to gain control. The CPC, which stands for | | | | way of resources. This included clothing, |
| the Communist Party of China, assisted | | | | ammunition and weaponry. It has been reported |
| Vietnam communists through providing | | | | that Kim Sung told his pilots, the darlings |
| materials and support because of the similar | | | | of his military infrastructure, that they |
| political beliefs that they felt they had. In | | | | should "fight in the war as if the Vietnamese |
| 1962 their somewhat intangible assistance | | | | sky were their own". |
| changed shape when they provided ninety | | | | |