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Vietnam

Vietnam. “two rice bowls at the opposite ends of a carrying pole” Song Coi (red river) delta to the north Mekong River delta in the south population in 1960: 30.5 million people Hanoi in north: 600,000 people Saigon in south: 1.6 million people Hanoi and Saigon are 700 miles apart.

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Vietnam

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  1. Vietnam • “two rice bowls at the opposite ends of a carrying pole” • Song Coi (red river) delta to the north • Mekong River delta in the south • population in 1960: • 30.5 million people • Hanoi in north: 600,000 people • Saigon in south: 1.6 million people • Hanoi and Saigon are 700 miles apart

  2. Vietnam timeline • 2,000 BC – Vietnam inhabited • first migrants came from India, Thailand and Cambodia (the Khmers) • the direct ancestors of the Vietnamese came from China, the “Viets” • 111 BC Han Dynasty of China conquers the region • 1418-26 – Vietnamese revolt against China • establish kingdom of Le Thanh-tong Viet puppet/statue

  3. French colonize Vietnam • 1600s Viet kingdom splits into two subgroups • North and south • the Khmers move to the east (establish modern Cambodia) • 1612 Europeans reach Viet kingdoms • 1825 Vietnamese refuse to allow more Catholics into country • 1859 French capture Saigon • 1887 establish the “French indochinese Union” Napoleon III of France as vulture, lampooned by Harpers Monthly, 1872

  4. Ho Chi Minh (“he who enlightens”) • Born in 1890 • Travelled to Paris, circulated a petition for Woodrow Wilson calling for Vietnamese independence • Joined the Communist Party • Lived in China • 1930s returned to Vietnam to organize a liberation army: the Viet Minh

  5. modern Vietnam • 1931 Japan attacks China and occupies Manchuria • they name it “Manchuko” • 1940 Japan attacks Vietnam • 1942 the OSS establishes alliance with Ho Chi Minh • 1945 Ho’s forces have taken partial control of North Vietnam • France reestablishes itself in Vietnam • 1953-1954 Ho’s forces defeat French at Dienbienphu Ho’s forces waive the Vietnamese flag at Dienbienphu, 1954

  6. the 1954 Geneva accords • temporary division of North and South Vietnam • the North under Ho’s control • a border between the two areas at the 17th parallel • with a small strip of land called the Demilitarized Zone (the “DMZ” • temporary until national elections in 1956 1954 Geneva conference

  7. SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organization) • established in 1954 • included U.S., France, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Pakistan • half the countries weren’t from South East Asia • Pakistan??

  8. Ngo Dihn Diem • Takes charge of South Vietnam in 1956 • Creates the Republic of Vietnam • 1960: supporters of Ho Chi Minh and other nationalists create the National Liberation Front (NLF)

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