WebThe colony's principal bank was the Banque de l'Indochine, established in 1875 and was responsible for minting the colony's currency, the Indochinese piastre. Indochina was the second most invested-in French colony by 1940 after Algeria, with investments totaling up to 6.7 million francs.

WebFrench Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1947 as the Indochinese Federation, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Southeast Asia until its demise in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the …

WebĐế quốc Việt Nam (chữ Hán: 越南帝國; tiếng Nhật: ベトナム帝国, chuyển tự Betonamu Teikoku, cựu tự thể: 越南帝國, chuyển tự Etsunan Teikoku) là tên gọi chính thức của một Nhà nước Việt Nam tồn tại chỉ 5 tháng trong lịch sử Việt Nam (từ tháng 3 đến tháng 8 năm 1945) dưới sự kiểm soát và chi phối của ...

WebAnnam (Chữ Nôm: 安南; alternate spelling: Anam), or Trung Kỳ (中圻), was a French protectorate and colony encompassing the territory of the Empire of Đại Nam in Central Vietnam.Before the protectorate's establishment, the name Annam was used in the West to refer to Vietnam as a whole; Vietnamese people were referred to as Annamites. The …

WebThe Empire of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam; Literary Chinese and Contemporary Japanese: 越南帝國; Modern Japanese: ベトナム帝国, Betonamu Teikoku) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan governing the former French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin between March 11 and August 25, 1945. At the end of its rule, the …

WebThe Nguyễn dynasty (chữ Nôm: 茹阮, Vietnamese: Nhà Nguyễn; chữ Hán: 阮朝, Vietnamese: Nguyễn triều) was the last Vietnamese dynasty, which ruled the unified Vietnamese state largely independently from 1802 to 1883.During its existence, the empire expanded into modern-day southern Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos through a …

WebThe Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese: Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam; French: Martyrs du Viêt Nam), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), are saints on the General Roman Calendar who were canonized by Pope John …

WebIn 1946, the Viet Minh government (later to become the government of North Vietnam) introduced its own currency, the dong, to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par. South Vietnam. South Vietnam 500 dong banknote issued in 1966.. Notes dually denominated in piastres and dong were issued in 1953 for the State of Vietnam, which …

WebThe French protectorate of Laos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and 1953—with a brief interregnum as a Japanese puppet state in 1945—which constituted part of French Indochina.It was established over the Siamese vassal, the Kingdom of Luang Prabang, …

WebThe State of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Nôm: 國家越南; French: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country (from 21 July 1954 to 26 October 1955). The state claimed authority over all of Vietnam during the First Indochina …