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Introduction

Nguy ?n , 1999

Chinese dominated Vietnam during the period between 111BC and 938 AD . In 111BC , the Chinese invaded a region in Vietnam called Nanyue and literary established territories therein . During this period , the Chinese had some posts in the Vietnamese government . These posts included top officials and governors posts . The Vietnamese also managed some hightlands . These Vietnamese that had these management posts at that time were nobles . With time the Chinese dynasties decided to eliminate the Vietnamese nobles and their powers . Many elites in Vietnamese were coerced to

assimilate the politics and the culture of the Chinese

The French colonized Vietnam till the 19th century . In the year 1784 there was a French priest who sailed to Vietnam to seek for some assistance . This assistance was in line with military backing . There was the brokering of the Little Treaty of Versailles that saw the promise of the aid that the priest requested for . Later on there was the breaking of the French revolution and therefore the Pigneaux plan did not succeed . In the year 1799 , there was the capturing of Saigon

There was Dynasty of Nguyen in the year 1802 . This dynasty tolerated Catholicism . It is worth noting that he employed some of the Europeans as advisors in the courts . The successors of this man (Nguyen , did not embrace westernization as expected during this time . They were very conservative instead . In the year 1858 , the French gunships attacked the Da Nang port . During this time much damage was done on the property in this dam . In the year 1867 , the French troops expanded their overall control . This was up to six provinces . Then there was the formation of the French Colony . Later on many French troops invaded Vietnam . Between the year 1884 to the year 1885 , France assumed This was after the Chinese- Franco War . There was the formation of French Indochina (Fitzgerald , 1972

French colonialism was bitterly opposed by many Vietnamese . This was because the French literary took over the leadership powers in this nation . First of all there was the formation of policies that greatly affected the Vietnamese people negatively . There was so much oppression on the Vietnamese people . The policies included that the Vietnamese citizens could not hold most of the top positions or jobs in the government . Very few Vietnamese citizens that were employed were lowly paid and this issue made the Vietnamese to bitterly oppose the French colonialism (Fitzgerald , 1972

Another reason is that there was direct discrimination of the Vietnamese citizens in many areas . This was in terms of education health and also housing sector . There was very minimal education for the Vietnamese people . There were schools that the Vietnamese were not allowed to attend but were just reserved for the French children or citizens . This actually denied the Vietnamese access to good education . In the health sector , the Vietnamese were not allowed to attend the good hospitals in Vietnam . It is only the French that easily accessed these essential facilities . In...

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