In 1790, the founder of the Nguyen Dynasty which ruled Vietnam into the 20th ... government and residential buildings, even erect a European-style cathedral. French soldiers, businessmen ...

The resulting media attention proved very embarrassing for the defeated French. The outcome of this defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement of July 1954 and temporarily separated Vietnam ...

Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During World War Two it had been invaded by Japan. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Vietminh, a resistance army which fought for ...