A report on Vietnam, Laos and First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina on December 19, 1946, and lasted until July 20, 1954.
- First Indochina WarVietnam borders China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea.
- VietnamAt the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.
- LaosMost of the fighting took place in Tonkin in northern Vietnam, although the conflict engulfed the entire country and also extended into the neighboring French Indochina protectorates of Laos and Cambodia.
- First Indochina WarAfter World War II, France returned to reclaim colonial power in the First Indochina War, from which Vietnam emerged victorious in 1954.
- VietnamDuring the First Indochina War, the Indochinese Communist Party formed the Pathet Lao independence organisation.
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South Vietnam
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South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng Hòa; République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War.
A French governor-general (toàn quyền) in Hanoi administered all the five parts of Indochina (Tonkin, Annam, Cochinchina, Laos, and Cambodia) while Cochinchina (Nam Kỳ) was under a French governor (thống đốc), but the difference from the other parts with most indigenous intelligentsia and wealthy were naturalized French (Tourane now Đà Nẵng in the central third of Vietnam also enjoyed this privilege because this city was a concession too.) The northern third of Vietnam (then the colony (thuộc địa) of Tonkin (Bắc Kỳ) was under a French resident general (thống sứ).
The French Indochina War began on 19 December 1946, with the French regaining control of Hanoi and many other cities.
Vietnam War
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The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
The conflict emerged from the First Indochina War between the French colonial government and a left-wing revolutionary movement, the Viet Minh.
People's Army of Vietnam
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The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam), also known as the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
During the French Indochina War (1946–1954), the PAVN was often referred to as the Việt Minh.
Soon after the 1954 Geneva Accords, the 330th and 338th Divisions were formed by southern Viet Minh members who had moved north in conformity with that agreement, and by 1955, six more divisions were formed: the 328th, 332nd and 350th in the north of the North Vietnam, the 305th and the 324th near the DMZ, and the 335 Division of soldiers repatriated from Laos.
Viet Cong
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The Viet Cong was an armed communist revolutionary organization in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The organization officially merged with the Fatherland Front of Vietnam on February 4, 1977, after North and South Vietnam were officially unified under a communist government.
By the terms of the Geneva Accord (1954), which ended the Indochina War, France and the Viet Minh agreed to a truce and to a separation of forces.
Tonkin
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Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam.
It is south of Yunnan (Vân Nam) and Guangxi (Quảng Tây) Provinces of China; east of northern Laos and west of the Gulf of Tonkin.
Hanoi was later reoccupied by the French and conflict between the Viet Minh and France broke out into the First Indochina War.
Vietnamese people
1 linksThe Vietnamese people (người Việt) or Kinh people (người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group originally native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China.
The Vietnamese people (người Việt) or Kinh people (người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group originally native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China.
Vietnamese Kinh people account for just over 85.32% of the population of Vietnam in the 2019 census, and are officially known as Kinh people (người Kinh) to distinguish them from the other minority groups residing in the country such as the Hmong, Cham or Muong.
Another theory, based on linguistic diversity, locates the most probable homeland of the Vietic languages in modern-day Bolikhamsai Province and Khammouane Province in Laos as well as parts of Nghệ An Province and Quảng Bình Province in Vietnam.
Ethnic tensions sparked by Vietnamese ethnonationalism peaked during the late 1940s at the beginning phase of the First Indochina War (1946–1954), which resulted in violences between Khmer and Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta.