The French language wasn't as entrenched in Indochina as in various other French colonies, like Lebanon or Algeria. Thus, unlike in those other colonies, in Indochina French was spoken by and large exclusively by the elites and so forth.
Interesting how reconciled we are to Vietnam, one of only two countries to have defeated us in war (the other is Afghanistan in 2022) I think we see Vietnam as a counterweight to China.
This is meaningful since I am old enough to have been affected by the war. Personally told then President Richard Nixon to get out of the war and he ignored me. Action Kid from NYC has recently done walking tours of Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City and I am shocked by how modern they look. They are posted on YouTube, he is there now.
The French language wasn't as entrenched in Indochina as in various other French colonies, like Lebanon or Algeria. Thus, unlike in those other colonies, in Indochina French was spoken by and large exclusively by the elites and so forth.
Interesting how reconciled we are to Vietnam, one of only two countries to have defeated us in war (the other is Afghanistan in 2022) I think we see Vietnam as a counterweight to China.
This is meaningful since I am old enough to have been affected by the war. Personally told then President Richard Nixon to get out of the war and he ignored me. Action Kid from NYC has recently done walking tours of Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City and I am shocked by how modern they look. They are posted on YouTube, he is there now.
There were other European colonies in Asia: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Danes and Germans too.