In 1976, the Viet Cong was disbanded after Vietnam was formally reunited under communist rule. The Viet Cong tried to create a popular uprising in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War with their 1968 Tet Offensive but were able to seize control of just a few small districts in the Mekong Delta region.

Are there still two Vietnams?

There was no reunification. There were two Vietnams from 1954 until 1975. ... It was only during the fall of Saigon in 1975 when the Vietnam War ended. Upon its end, the country reunited.

What is Saigon called today?

The current name, Ho Chi Minh City, was given after reunification in 1976 to honor Ho Chi Minh. Even today, however, the informal name of Sài Gòn remains in daily speech both domestically and internationally, especially among the Vietnamese diaspora.