Independence Day of Vietnam

Flag of the Republic of VietnamIn the second half of the XIX century, Vietnam fell into colonial dependence on France. The country is artificially divided into three parts - the colony of Cohinhin (South Vietnam), the protectorates of Annam (Central Vietnam) and Tonkin (North Vietnam). Together with Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam became part of French Indochina.

By the 1930s, a powerful national liberation movement was formed in the country, led by the Communist Party of Indochina (leader - Ho Chi Minh).

During World War II, Vietnam was invaded by the Japanese, first disarming and then completely neutralizing French garrisons. By the end of the war, the Japanese were forced to withdraw their troops to strengthen the defenses of Japan and Manchuria.

Taking advantage of the resulting power vacuum, the Communists, who created the Viet Minh – a broad coalition of various liberation movements – in August 1945 (the so-called August Revolution) liquidated the last institutions of colonial administration and on September 2, 1945 published the Declaration of Independence.