# Canonical recap data for Vietnam War Peace Accords Signed (1973)
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title: Vietnam War Peace Accords Signed
subtitle: Paris Peace Accords end direct U.S. combat role after decades of war; precedes final North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1973-01-27
datePrecision: day
year: 1973
decade: 1970
country:
name: Vietnam
slug: vietnam
summaryShort: "The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Viet-Nam, was a peace agreement signed on 27 January 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. It included a main treaty and accompanying annexes. The agreement was registered by the United States of America on "
summaryLong: "The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Viet-Nam, was a peace agreement signed on 27 January 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. It included a main treaty and accompanying annexes. The agreement was registered by the United States of America on May 13, 1974, with the United Nations Secretariat. It is recorded in the United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS) under Volume 935, Treaty No.13295. It was scheduled to take effect at 8:00 AM Saigon time the following day. The agreement was signed by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG), and the United States. The PRG represented the Viet Cong, a South Vietnamese opposition movement de facto controlled by the North. US ground forces had begun to withdraw from Vietnam in 1969, and by the beginning of 1972 those that remained had very little involvement in combat. The last American infantry battalions withdrew in August 1972. Most air and naval forces, and most advisers, also were gone from South Vietnam by that time, though air and naval forces not based in South Vietnam were still playing a symbolic role in the war. The Paris Agreement removed the remaining US forces, and direct US military intervention ended. Fighting between the three remaining powers did not stop on 28 January, even for an hour. The agreement was not formally designated a treaty, and President Nixon did not ask the US Senate to ratify it."
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Paris Peace Accords"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords"
  title: Vietnam Peace Accord
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Viet-Nam, was a peace agreement signed on 27 January 1973 to establis
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: Vietnam Peace Accord
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords"
