Land reform campaigns in North Vietnam (1953–1956)

1. Experimental land reform wave begins in Việt Bắc

   Dec 1, 1953Labels: Vi t, Land Reform

   • Land Reform NVN
   • Land Reform Law

2. Land Reform Law adopted by DRV National Assembly

   Dec 4, 1953Labels: DRV National, Land Reform

   • Vietnam Law Mag
   • Land Reform Law

3. Central Land Reform Committee established

   Mar 15, 1954Labels: Central Land

   • Land Reform NVN

4. Geneva Accords divide Vietnam; reform expands in North

   Jul 21, 1954Labels: Geneva Accords, Democratic Republic

   • Britannica
   • New Yorker

5. Second land reform wave begins after regroupment

   Oct 1, 1954Labels: Second Wave, Struggle Sessions

   • New Yorker
   • Land Reform NVN

6. Third land reform wave spreads to more provinces

   Feb 18, 1955Labels: Third Wave, Red River

   • Land Reform NVN

7. Fourth wave pushes into core delta areas

   Jun 27, 1955Labels: Fourth Wave, Delta districts

   • Land Reform NVN
   • Land Reform Vietnam

8. Campaign becomes a nationwide purge by mid-1956

   Jun 1, 1956Labels: Nationwide Purge

   • New Yorker
   • Land Reform Vietnam

9. Leadership admits “errors” in land reform

   Aug 1, 1956Labels: DRV Leadership, Rectification

   • New Yorker
   • Land Reform NVN

10. Trường Chinh steps down amid rectification drive

    Sep 1, 1956Labels: Tr ng, Party Leadership

    • Lien Hang
    • TIME

11. Quỳnh Lưu uprising breaks out in Nghệ An

    Nov 2, 1956Labels: Qu nh, Ngh An

    • Qu nh L
    • TIME

12. Ho Chi Minh apologizes at National Assembly session

    Dec 29, 1956Labels: H Ch, National Assembly

    • Vietnam vn
    • New Yorker