Yaƙin Vietnam ya hanzarta haɓakawa da haɓakar al'ummar Thai.Kasancewar Amurkawa da bayyanar da al'adun Yammacin Turai da suka zo tare da shi ya yi tasiri a kusan kowane bangare na rayuwar Thai.Kafin karshen shekarun 1960, samun cikakken damar yin amfani da al'adun yammacin duniya ya takaita ne ga manyan masu ilimi a cikin al'umma, amma yakin Vietnam ya sa kasashen waje su fuskanci manyan bangarori na al'ummar Thai ba kamar da ba.Tare da dalar Amurka ta haɓaka tattalin arziƙin, sabis, sufuri, da masana'antar gine-gine sun ƙaru sosai kamar yadda shan muggan ƙwayoyi da karuwanci suka yi, waɗanda ke amfani da Thailand a matsayin wurin "Huta da Nishaɗi" na sojojin Amurka.^{[73 [73] <]} > An rushe rukunin dangin gargajiya na ƙauye yayin da ƴan Thais da yawa ke ƙaura zuwa birni don nemo sabbin ayyuka.Wannan ya haifar da rikici na al'adu yayin da Thais suka fallasa ra'ayoyin Yammacin Turai game da salon, kiɗa, dabi'u, da ƙa'idodin ɗabi'a.Yawan jama'a ya fara karuwa da fashewa yayin da yanayin rayuwa ya tashi, kuma ambaliyar mutane ta fara ƙaura daga ƙauyuka zuwa birane, sama da duka zuwa Bangkok.Kasar Thailand tana da mutane miliyan 30 a shekarar 1965, yayin da a karshen karni na 20 yawan jama'a ya ninka sau biyu.Yawan mutanen Bangkok ya ninka sau goma tun 1945 kuma ya ninka sau uku tun 1970.Damar ilimi da bayyanawa ga kafofin watsa labarai sun karu a cikin shekarun Yaƙin Vietnam.Daliban jami'a masu haske sun koyi ƙarin ra'ayoyin da suka shafi tsarin tattalin arziki da siyasa na Thailand, wanda ya haifar da farfaɗo da gwagwarmayar ɗalibai.Har ila yau, lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam ya ga ci gaban rukunin tsakiyar Thai wanda a hankali ya haɓaka ainihin kansa da wayewar kansa.