Treaty of Saigon, (June 1862), agreement by which France achieved its initial foothold on the Indochinese Peninsula. The treaty was signed by the last precolonial emperor of Vietnam, Tu Duc, and was ratified by him in April 1863. Under the terms of the a
As a result of French colonization, Vietnamese has many loan words borrowed from the French language. Writing system Presently, the written language uses the Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ or "national script"), based on the Latin alphabet. Originally a Romanization of Vietnamese, it ...
The first Marxist study of the history of Vietnam —Indictment of French Colonization—was written by Ho Chi Minh in 1925. The work lays bare the mechanism of colonial exploitation, showing the grievous situation of the toiling masses under the conditions of a colonial regime. In the article ...
After a hundred years of colonization and destruction, Vietnam has gradually stepped out of all the remnants of the war, and vigorously transformed into a resolutely fast-developing, self-esteem country’s booming metropolis. Vietnam’s allure is not just exposed through the massively luxury coloni...
The historiography ofVietnam under Chinese rulehas had substantial influence from French colonial scholarship and Vietnamese postcolonial national history writing. During the 19th century, the French promoted the view that Vietnam had little of its own culture and borrowed it almost entirely from China...
French colonization Like China, Vietnam is also the victim of Western incursions: in 1862, France seized Conchinchina, the southern part of Vietnam. In the 1880s, Tonkin’s expedition allowed the French Republic to conquer Vietnamese territory, and that territory under Nguyen’s control was ...
While traveling through the country you’ll get the chance to learn a lot about the country’s history, including the French colonization of Vietnam and the subsequent Vietnam War, which lasted almost 20 years. When I think about my time in Vietnam I mainly salivate over the food and memo...
The colonization of Vietnam by the French left behind a legacy of European architecture, baguettes, and even coffee culture! If you’re worried about getting lost in translation, fear not! Google Translate and some good old-fashioned charades will become your new besties. The language barrier ...
You may wonder why Vietnam has a French Quarter. This is because, in the past, Vietnam was under French colonization for such a long time. During that time, the French government constructed so many buildings instead of temples and pagodas with an aim to manipulating Vietnamese people. ...
Beginning from the period of French colonization as Western calendar started to be used, the New Year Day has been widely celebrated. New Year is the time at which the new calendar stars and the year increments of the calendar count by once. At many cultures, they celebrate this event in ...