On March 3, 1925, the Governor General of Indochina issued a statement confirming that Hoang Sa and Truong Sa belong to Vietnam. Thus, even in the French-ruled period, Vietnam’s sovereignty over the ...

The War in Vietnam ... The French began controlling the country in the 1800s, and the Japanese invaded during World War II. Nationalist groups that opposed the foreign rule popped up in response.

He returned to Vietnam to rule under French control until he was ousted by South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem in a rigged election in 1954. Known popularly as "Big Minh," Duong led the South ...

Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country ... Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite all of Vietnam under his rule. Ngo Dinh Diem, an unpopular leader, was out of touch with the South Vietnamese ...

An original founder of the Indochina Communist Party, Le served on North Vietnam's Central Committee under Ho ... that liberated Vietnam from French colonial rule, fought the Americans and ...

Ho Chi Minh was born Nguyen Sinh Cung in the days when much of Vietnam was under French rule. His father was a teacher. Ho had an older sister and an older brother. His mother died when he was 10 ...