Yes, when the Romans left in the 5th century or so.
The French gave it to them after the French Vietnam War.
The first country ever to gain independence was San Marino who achieved independence from the Roman Empire.
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Syria was givin away by the french in 1947
North Vietnam had to fight against the French and the Americans to gain its independence. The French and Americans were trying to stop the spread of communism to South Vietnam, but the war ended badly with the French and Americans suffering defeat.
French Guiana is still an oversees French colony. French Guiana is located in northern South America.
It was part of French West Africa: France.
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Vietnam is the country (formerly part of French Indochina). But technically the communist North was independent in 1954 after defeating the French, and took another 20 years to extend their rule over the people in South Vietnam.
Haiti,a Caribbean island under French rule, was the first country in Latin America to gain independence.
Venezuela gain Independence in the 1830
They were upset that they did not gain independence