Vietnam

Vietnam was a country before the Great War.

Background[]

In the Pioneer Scouts hunter badge exam, the question "Hannah is hunting game, but her tracking skills aren't the best. She asks you if you have any leads. Where might she start looking?" provides Vietnam as an incorrect answer.^[1]

Appearances[]

Vietnam is mentioned in Fallout 76, introduced in the Wild Appalachia update. It is also mentioned in Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.

Behind the scenes[]

The Vietnam War is mentioned in the introduction of Fallout: Tactics, in which the United States' declaration of war is broadcasted.^{[Non-canon 1]}
Jonathan Nolan and Walton Goggins, describing the Fallout world in interviews for the 2024 Fallout TV series, have called it a world where America did not experience the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, or the Woodstock-type counterculture of the 1960s, and "never had a conversation with itself about its own sins and transgressions." Instead, they describe it as one where America stayed in its Eisenhower era of "swagger" until coming to an end with the Great War of 2077.^{[Non-game 1]}^{[Non-game 2]}