Download Vietnam...A Brief History The Vietnamese people are descendants of

Vietnam...A Brief History
The Vietnamese people are descendants of
aiding the north. Skirmishing grew into a full scale war.
nomadic Mongols from China and migrants from
What started around 1963 ended with the fall of Saigon
Indonesia. The countries roots date back about 2700
in 1975. Saigon was then renamed Ho Chi Minh in
years. China ruled the nation as a vassal state until the
honor of the communist leader who died from heart
th
th
th
15 century. The 16 - 18 centuries several different
complications in 1969. Hanoi was then named the
dynasties ruled the
capitol of the new unified Vietnam. The unified country
th
land. In the late 19
was renamed; it was and is today called Socialist
century
France
Republic of Vietnam. After the war The United States
conquered the three
and its allies placed an embargo on the country that
regions
that
the
crippled the nation’s economy. In 1980, Vietnam sent
nation was divided,
the first person of Asian descent into space on the
Cochin China-South,
Russian spacecraft Soyuz 37. Throughout the 1980’s
Annam-Central, and Tonkin-North. The three regions
Vietnam remained at
along with Cambodia and Laos were known as French
war with its neighbor
Indochina. France first unified Vietnam in 1887. The
Cambodia. In 1994
French ruled the area for the better part of 100 years.
The US and its allies
During this time Cochin China and Annam accepted a
lifted the 30 year
French proposal of a unified government. Tonkin
embargo and by 1995
refused to take part. This was the beginning of North
full
diplomatic
and South Vietnam. During WWII, Japan had established
relations were initiated. In
control over all of military bases in Vietnam. After the
2001 Vietnams National Assembly
war the Japanese pulled out of the region leaving the
approved a trade agreement that opened up US
French run government in disarray. The Vietnamese
markets to Vietnamese goods. By the early 2000’s
people took advantage
Vietnam had established
of this and declared
diplomatic relations with
their independence. In
most
countries
its
1954
The
Geneva
economic growth has been
Conference
ended
one of the highest of the
15th Century China
French Indochina
Japan
1887-1954
1945
France’s reign and
world in the past decade
partitioned the country
resulting in Vietnams
into two states at the
joining the World Trade
th
17
parallel,
The
Organization in 2007.
Communist North and
Democratic Republic
State of Vietnam
Socialist Republic
Vietnam has come a long
of
Vietnam
1949-1955
of
Vietnam
the
Non-Communist
way over the last 100
1945-1976
1976-Present Day
South. North Vietnam
years overcoming many
was then called The Democratic Republic of Vietnam
years of war and foreign control. Today with a strong
and South Vietnam was called The State of Vietnam.
economy and a market for Vietnam goods the future
The United States began to provide aid to the new
certainly looks bright for the country of Vietnam and its
government in the south as China and Russia were
people.