Comment s'appelait le Viêt Nam ?
Comment s'appelait le Viêt Nam ?
L'emploi officiel du nom de Viêt Nam date de mars 1945. Après avoir reconquis l'indépendance nationale, les Vietnamiens rejetèrent le nom péjoratif d'Annam et reprirent le nom Vietnam. Ce nom est d'ailleurs utilisé par Ho Chi Minh dans sa proclamation d'indépendance du 2 septembre 1945.
What countries make up Indochina?
- Cambodia. Formerly known as Kampuchea and the officially the Kingdom of Cambodia,Cambodia is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
- Laos. Officially known as the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR),Laos is one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia.
- Malaysia. ...
- Myanmar. ...
- Thailand. ...
- Vietnam. ...
What is Indochina now called?
- The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today's Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), and the entire area of Indochina is now usually referred to as the Indochinese Peninsula or Mainland Southeast Asia.
Who took control of Indochina?
- After the Japanese surrender, the Viet Minh, a communist organization led by Hồ Chí Minh, declared Vietnamese independence, but France subsequently took back control of French Indochina . An all-out independence war, known as the First Indochina War , broke out in late 1946 between French and Viet Minh forces.
What does Indochina mean?
- Indochina, originally Indo-China, is a geographical term originating in the early nineteenth century and referring to the continental portion of the region now known as Southeast Asia . The name refers to the lands historically within the cultural influence of India and China, and physically bound by the Indian Subcontinent in the west and China in the north.
