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Germany and Vietnam are successful examples of absorption-based unification, while Yemen and Tanzania are successful examples of association-based unification.

In May 1990, the parliaments of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) approved the draft unified constitution and the Sana'a Agreement, elected the highest authority of the unified country, and Presidential Council Chairman Saleh announced the birth of the Republic of Yemen, designating Sana'a in the north as the political capital of the unified country and Aden in the south as the economic capital.

Yemen is a case of national unification achieved through the combined use of war and peace after World War II.

1. The “Momentum” of Yemen’s Unification

Yemen’s division is related to the international background of colonialism, but its unification, like that of Germany and Vietnam, is a product of the international Cold War pattern of the US-Soviet rivalry.

The difference is that Vietnam's unification was completed during a period when the Soviet Union was strong and the United States was weak, while Yemen and Germany's unification was completed during a period when the United States was strong and the Soviet Union was weak.

Therefore, Vietnam was unified by the Soviet-supported North Vietnamese socialist regime, while Yemen and Germany were unified by the United States-supported North Yemen and West German capitalist regimes.