Vietnam The Origins
Since the 19th Century, Vietnam has been ruled by France as a part of French Indochina (also included Laos and Cambodia) Vietnam’s value lay in her natural resources – 3rd largest grower of rice in the World! ... 1930 – Communist party of Vietnam created. 1940 – Following France’s defeat by Germany- Vichy France was vulnerable to pressure from Japanese fighting in China and threatening Indochina (they wanted Vietnam’s resources) September 1940 – Japanese took the major North Vietnamese port of Haiphong and within 10 months had swallowed up the rest of Vietnam. ... This caused many local people in Vietnam to die of starvation and the rest of the population became very anti-foreign. The Vietminh – (League for Independence of Vietnam) Set up in 1941 to organise resistance to Japanese and French and fight for a Vietnam free from foreign interference. ... - Ho Chi Minh and Nguyen Vo Giap - As a national liberation movement to free Vietnam – more than a movement to make Vietnam communist. ... 1911 he left Vietnam for England and France – where he worked hard and gained interest in Politics. While he admired French culture he was very hostile to French colonial rule of Vietnam.