Communists fought for control of the whole country.
France granted independence to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia when the political forces within each country demanded it. Vietnam independence resulted in a civil war. Geneva Accords
1945, September 2nd
Hours after Japan's surrender in World War II, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of Vietnam from France.
France ran Vietnam as a colony before the First Indo-China War in the early 1950's . Vietnam gained independence in 1954.
Asia
because vietnam used to be in the french colony
Vietnam was a colony of France, until Vietnamese revolutionaries were able to declare independence.
Vietnam was a French colony. The people went to war with France to gain their independence.
France
summarize Vietnam history as a France colony and its struggle for independence
Vietnam
France did until vietnamese guerrilla forces forced them out after dien ben phu.