Vietnamize

[ vee-et-nuh-mahyz, vyet-, vee-it- ]
/ viˈɛt nəˌmaɪz, ˈvyɛt-, ˈvi ɪt- /

verb (used with object), Vi·et·nam·ized, Vi·et·nam·iz·ing.

to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
Also especially British, Vi·et·nam·ise.

Origin of Vietnamize

First recorded in 1955–60; Vietnam + -ize