The Community of Indochina was located near the center of Southeast Asia. Since the independence of Vietnam in 1945, the nation and the neighbouring Laos fought the French together under a common Commnist Party led by Ho Chi Minh and others. In 1969, the Community of Indochina is formed by Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to help each other in the socialist construction. Member states included Vietnam, Laos and Cambidia, each of which now have its own communist or leftist party.