COLONIAL VIỆT NAM AND THE RISE OF REVOLUTIONARY CONSCIOUSNESS, 1920—1930

The French conquest of Việt Nam began in 1858 with an attack on Đà Nẵng. About 40 years later, France had established colonial control over what it called French Indochina, encompassing Cambodia, Laos, Guangzhouwan in China, and Việt Nam, which it divided into Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina.