Who helped Vietnam get their independence?

Answer 1

Which independence?

China ruled Vietnam for centuries and in 938 CE, a Vietnamese leader named Ngô Quyền defeated Chinese forces at the Bạch Đằng River - winning independence.

In the mid-to-late 1800s, France won a series of military victories which saw them take control of Vietnam as a colony of France.

Under Ho Chi Minh, the irregular forces of the Viet Minh waged war on the French and the country was divided in the 1950s, with the North becoming independent under Ho Chi Minh and the South under the restored Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại (who have been termed "King of Annam" under the French). The North was consistently skirmishing with the forces of the South.

There was a coup in the south, which eventually led to the South being declared a Republic. The American government of the time was worried about Communist expansion and the possibility that communisim would spread throughout the region,and wangled an invitation to send military advisers to the South.

The coup was counter to agreements to hold nationwide elections, and a series of military regimes followed.... all assisted to one degree or another by covert American involvement. This developed into the Vietnam War, and was a long and bloody affair.

Ho Chi Minh died in 1969 and was succeeded by Phạm Văn Đồng, who led the country after it was re-unified after the war. But the driving force all throguhout the wart had been Ho Chi Minh, and he must get the credit for the independence which followed.

Answer 2

France.