Noun has 2 senses

• vietnam(n = noun.location) annam, socialist republic of vietnam, viet nam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945;







• vietnam(n = noun.act) vietnam war - a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States;