Question: who controlled or ordered the viet cong in combat
Answer: -- Leninism Left - wing nationalism Vietnamese nationalism Hồ Chí Minh Thought Anti-imperialism Anti-revisionism Groups HQ Group Central Office for South Vietnam Military Wing People 's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam Independent Battalions Political Wings National Liberation Front for Southern Vietnam Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam ( 1969 - 1976 ) Military leader PLAF Commanders Nguyễn Hữu Xuyến ( 1961 -- 63 ) Trần Văn Trà ( 1963 -- 67 , 1973 -- 75 ) Hoàng Văn Thái ( 1967 -- 73 ) PLAF Deputy Commander M Nguyễn Thị Định Political leader COSVN Party Secretary Nguyễn Văn Linh ( 1961 -- 64 ) Nguyễn Chí Thanh ( 1964 -- 67 ) Phạm Hùng ( 1967 -- 75 ) NLF Nguyễn Hữu Thọ , chairman Huỳnh Tấn Phát , vice-chairman Phung Van Cung , vice-chairman Võ Chí Công , vice-chairman PRG Nguyễn Hữu Thọ , president Huỳnh Tấn Phát , prime minister M Nguyễn Thị Bình , foreign minister Trần Nam Trung , defense minister Trương Như Tảng , justice ministe