Question: what is the difference between the north vietnamese army and the viet cong?
Answer: In theory, the North Vietnamese Army (or NVA) was the regular army (official one) of North Vietnam. The Viet Cong was the derogatory term of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (NLF). ... The Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communists)- were also called the National Liberation Front were an irregular guerilla force.