The basic history of the Accords included: release of POWs within 80 days; ceasefire to be monitored by the International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICC); free and democratic elections to be held in South Vietnam; U.S. aid to South Vietnam would continue; and North Vietnamese troops could remain in South Vietnam.
Základné dohody v zmluve boli: prepustenie vojnových zajatcov do 80 dní; dodržiavanie prímeria bude kontrolované Medzinárodnou kontrolnou komisiou (ICC); slobodné a demokratické voľby v Južnom Vietname; pomoc USA Južnému Vietnamu bude pokračovať; severovietnamské jednotky môžu zostať v Južnom Vietname.