What were the Geneva Accords as noted in the nonfiction book, Most Dangerous?

The French were involved in an eight-year war in Vietnam which had been one of their colonies since the late nineteenth century. The war was ended in truce agreement called the Geneva Accords which created North and South Vietnam. The plan was for the division to be temporary but Ho Chi Minh grabbed power in the North and would not cede it. He became an aggressive and blood dictator who ignored the provisions of the Geneva Accords including an election that was to take place in 1956.