The French divided Vietnam into three regions: Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin. Cochinchina was located in the south and included the Mekong Delta, Annam was in the central region, and Tonkin was in the north, including the Red River Delta. This division was part of the French colonial administration, which sought to exploit Vietnam’s resources and integrate it into the French Empire. Each region had distinct cultural, economic, and political characteristics influenced by French rule.
Viet Nam. But it consisted of three regions, or provinces: Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China.
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
Vietnam was a French colony up to l954. It was known as French Indo-China or also Cochin China. By the way Cochon means (Pig) in French. It is not commonly realized that the sea novel LORD JIM by Conrad takes place, in part, in Cochin China or what we now call Viet Nam.
The peace conference that took place after the French were defeated by Ho Chi Minh produced the Geneva Accords. This was when Vietnam was officially divided into North and South Vietnam.
France called Vietnam a colony of theirs. When French troops left in 1954, th UN divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
Viet Nam. But it consisted of three regions, or provinces: Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China.
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
Vietnam was a French colony up to l954. It was known as French Indo-China or also Cochin China. By the way Cochon means (Pig) in French. It is not commonly realized that the sea novel LORD JIM by Conrad takes place, in part, in Cochin China or what we now call Viet Nam.
It forced French troops to leave Vietnam and divided Vietnam into two countries. (A)
France is divided into regions, but these regions are modelled after the provinces of the old regime, before the French revolution.
France made Vietnam a colony in the 1800s and it was called French Indochina. The Vietnamese managed to eject the French in 1954. The French had tried to return and reimpose a colonial regime after WWII. After the French gave up Vietnam was divided into North and South, though this was supposed to be temporary and elections were supposed to be held to select a national government to be over the entire country, both parts. The US realized that the candidates of the north, though communists, were more popular than the corrupt thieves the US was backing as leaders in the south, and so, the elections were never held. Before the French took over Vietnam was sometimes called Cochin China.
The peace conference that took place after the French were defeated by Ho Chi Minh produced the Geneva Accords. This was when Vietnam was officially divided into North and South Vietnam.
France called Vietnam a colony of theirs. When French troops left in 1954, th UN divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam.
The Japanese were in Indochina...but they were surrendering to the allies...the French re-entered Vietnam (and Indochina) in 1945...the British were involved with Malaysia and those regions.
In 1954 after the conclusion of the French Indochina War.
Vietnam was formerly French Indochina, a French colony.
It was the old name of northern part Vietnam given by French colonialists. According to the french "Divide and conquer" policy, Vietnam was divided by 3 "states". Tonkin: the "protectorate", Cochinchina(the south part): french colony, and Annam( the centre) ruled by the vietnamese king. But all of them were de facto ruled by the French: military, dyplomacy, economy ...... were all under french control.