Hanoi also organized the Southern Communist party, the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP) in 1962, to mobilize communist party membership among southerners, and COSVN, Central Office for Southern Vietnam, which controlled a substantial range of military activity.
In 1962, Hanoi founded the Southern Communist party, the People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), aiming to gather communist supporters from southern regions. Additionally, COSVN, the Central Office for Southern Vietnam, oversaw substantial military operations in that area.