Imperialism in Vietnam

What makes up

the economy?

GDP Per Capita:

Vietnam: 1,595.81 USD

United States: 49,96

Vietnam Today

Government

only 2million paid-up members of Communist Party (90million Vietnamese)

Economy

Economy has doubled in past 10yrs

Foreign relations

China still believes that Vietnam is its province

Diplomatic relations with the U.S. restored in 1994

Imperialism in Vietnam

Bibliography

European Involvement

Hanoi

-French controlled from 1887-1946

-Current Capital

-Vietnam National Party-->Communist Party

Haiphong

-Subject to heavy US bombing

1968

Highest death toll of any year of War : 45,267

1941

1848

French Colonize Vietnam

1945

Japan takes control of Vietnam from the French

Tet offensive

September 2nd Vietnam declares independence

Vietnam pushes into Laos

1953

Fun Facts

Lizard fishing is a popular activity in the south central coast

1954

1975

1949

1941

1930

It is estimated that 10 Million motorcycles are used in vietnam

17th Parallel

-DMZ result of first Indochina War

-North & South Vietnam creation

1945

1953

1940

1968

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1848

Hanoi is at the same latitude as Honolulu and Cancun

April of 1975

Guerrilla forces assembeled to face Japan

1954

France surrenders South Vietnam back to North Vietnam

(True Independence achieved)

1930

1949

Da Nang

-French landing point in 1857

-Site of Dragon Bridge

Cease fire is agreed on the 17th Parallel

French- Japanese agreement

Vietnam War (Second Indochina War) begins

Indochinese Communist Party

created by Ho Chi Minh

1941

Ho Chi Minh

- French Conquered in 1859

-Southern Capital (Vietnam War)

Past-Present Connection

Colonial Rule

Present Day

Political

Socialist

Imperialist

Authoritative Rule

Large rice industry

Controlled by

French

Economic

Controlled by Vietnamese Government

Agriculture focus

Social

French Influence

Introduced to French culture

Remnants of French Rule

China

Economic

Political

High taxation

Political ressentiment towards western culture

Stripped of all natural resources

North Vietnam couldn't meet basic needs

Labor Force

52.93 Million

(total pop: 90 Million)

Labor Force

Agriculture:31%

Industry:21%

Services:48%

French Imperialism in Vietnam

Pro

Con

Economic

Political

Economic

Rice production x420%

Stability w/ Governor-General

French government expirence

Rubber production

Mining coal and zinc

Fueling hatred of western ideals

Vietnamese only allowed minor positions

Overuse of natural resources

Forced Labor

Railways and Industrial infrastructure

Religious

Social

Introduced to God

Social

Religious

Telegraph: News and Communication throughout colony

Christian missionaries added to hate

Taught against traditional beliefs

Hated western social ideals

Aesthetic

Intellectual

Intellectual

Aesthetic

French schools--> increased Education

French Architecture

French architecture created deeper hate

Latin Alphabet

French Education useless

-Fr. Culture

Only 120 schools

France

Vietnam

Colonization

GDP Composition

Agriculture:19.3%

Industry:38.5%

Services: 42.2%

Motives

How it Started

Economic Profit

Spread of Catholicism

1787 French Missionaries

French Army helped

Pressure from British conquest

Spread of Culture

Empire Building

Vietnam War

First Endeavors

Took Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) 1859

Total control by 1887

Geneva Peace Accord

Military Coup

Nixon Years

Paris Peace Agreement

The National Liberation Front

-Secret negotiations 1968

-Expanded air war

-1972 Christmas Bombings

-January 23, 1973 Final Draft

-April 30, 1975 Capture of Presidential Palace

-Signed in 1954

-Partition @ 17th Parallel

-1956 Elections

-US did not agree

-1963 political instability

-Kennedy supported coup

-President and Brother assasinated November 1st , 1963

-Born December 1960

-Opposed Ngo Dinh Diem (President)

-Denounced by US

-Viet Cong

Pre French Colonization

Spread Across Indochina

France used Vietnam as a foothold

Took Laos and Cambodia

8000 BCE

8000 BCE- 800 BCE

800-200 BCE

950 AD - 1887 AD

200BCE - 938AD

Earliest inhabitants - from Indonesia

Chinese Colonization

• Han Dynasty Expansion

• Bronze Age Dong Son culture
• bronze from China
• Dong Son drums- ritualistic

• Organized societies developed
• Spread from western mountains to eastern coast

Vietnamese Independence

• Dinh Bo Linh- king of N. Vietnam
• weak lords and dynasties
• regional control

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