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1st Treaty of Saigon
The island of Poulo Condor and three southern provinces of what was to become known as Cochinchina are officially ceded to French by the Vietnamese -
Vietnamese Resistance
Many young men fight for freedom against French colonists. -
Vietnam join French Empire/Indochina Formed
After the ceding three ports (Annam-Central, Tankin-North, and Cochinchina-South), union was formed under French Colonials . Joined by Cambodia and Laos, formed French Indochina -
Go East!
The first was the Đông Du ("Go East") Movement started in 1905 by Phan Bội Châu. Châu's plan was to send Vietnamese students to Japan to learn modern skills, so that in the future they could lead a successful armed revolt against the French. -
Leadership of Nguyễn Ái Quốc
Nguyễn Ái Quốc was a leftist revolutionary living in France since 1911. He participated in founding the French Communist Party and in 1924 traveled to the Soviet Union to join the Comintern. -
Ho Chi Minh established the Indochinese Communist Party
Ho Chi Minh established the Indochinese Communist Party to fight for independence from French colonial rule -
French battle Communists
During the 1930s, the Vietnamese Communist Party was nearly wiped out under French suppression with the execution of top leaders. -
Japan controls Indochina
Japan assumed effective control of French Indochina. -
Creation of the Viet Minh
Ho Chi Minh starts the Viet Minh. Leninism is thought of as an ideological weapon to serve Vietnamese nationalism against French colonialism. -
Bao Dai declares partial Vietnamese Independence
Japan forced Emperor Bao Dai to declare the independence of northern and central Vietnam. After the war, the emperor stepped down and Communist leader Ho Chi Minh assumed power.
