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The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...
The Empire of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam; Literary Chinese and Contemporary Japanese: 越南帝國[a]; Modern Japanese: ベトナム帝国, Betonamu Teikoku) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan [1] governing the former French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin between March 11 and August 25, 1945.
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. . Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class (I), second class (II), and third class (I
The French conquest of Vietnam 1 (1858–1885) was a series of military expeditions that pitted the Second French Empire, later the French Third Republic, against the Vietnamese empire of Đại Nam in the mid-late 19th century. Its end results were victories for the French as they defeated the Vietnamese and their Chinese allies in 1885, the ...
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), [ a ][ b ] officially known as the Indochinese Union[ c ][ d ] and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, [ e ] was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of ...
Siam (Thailand) The first phase of European colonization of Southeast Asia took place throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. Where new European powers competing to gain monopoly over the spice trade, as this trade was very valuable to the Europeans due to high demand for various spices such as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. This demand ...
On September 2, 1945, at Duc Anh Ba Đình Square, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Viet Minh organization, declared Vietnam's independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) in a speech that invoked the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution 's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
French colonies in South and Southeast Asia: French India (1769–1954) French Indochina (1887–1953), including: French Cambodia (1863–1953) French Laos (1893–1953) French Cochinchine, Annam and Tonkin (1862–1949, now Vietnam) Guangzhouwan (1898–1945) Dutch, British, Portuguese colonies and Russian territories in Asia: Dutch India ...