Nationalist Movement in Indo – China Notes

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14. NEW REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

  1. Developments in the new Republic of Vietnam. 
  • French appointed Bao Dai (Vietnam Leader) as the puppet emperor. So the Vietminh fought against France and defeated them in 1954 at Dien-Bien-Phu.
  • {Supreme French commander of the French army is General Henry Navarre}.
  • It is a peace negotiation in Geneva; the Vietnamese were focused on dividing the country.
  • Ho-Chi-Minh took power in South Bao Dai took power in the south.
  • But very soon, Bao Dai rule was overthrown by a coup led by Ngo Dinh Diem and built a repressive government.
  • Those who opposed Diem were called a communist and were jailed & killed.
  • Diem made ordinance 10, a French law that permitted Christianity but outlawed Buddhism.
  • His dictatorial government was opposed by National Liberation Front (NLF).
  • With the help of Ho-Chi-Minh government in the north, the NLF fought for the unification of Vietnam.

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