Technological superiority did not help the French prevail over the Viet Minh in Indochina or the fellaghas in Algeria any more than it enabled the British to defeat Irgun Zvai Leumi in Palestine, the Mau Mau in Kenya, or EOKA in Cyprus.
The accords resulted in the partition of Vietnam at the 17th parallel north, with Ho Chi Minh's communist Viet Minh in control of the north and the French-backed State of Vietnam in the south.
The British fought a successful counterinsurgency against Communist guerrillas in Malaya, but the French waged a protracted and ultimately unsuccessful war with the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina, while the Dutch failed to subdue nationalists in Indonesia and granted independence in 1949.
Following the Geneva Conference of 1954, which placed the Viet Minh in control of North Vietnam, the Lien Viet was dissolved and reorganized under the name Mat-tran Mat-tran To-Quoc To-Quoct), with Ton Duc Thang as president.
Vang Pao was a fabled Hmong war veteran who led by example and exuded bravery, fighting a covert CIA-sponsored war against Laos Communist insurgents and Viet Minh in Laos during the Vietnam War.
Although not all DPMs are Politburo members, the general view is that it certainly wouldn't hurt Mr Dung to have some of his closest associates in top government positions.Neither Mr Dam or Mr Minh are in the running for the premiership in 2016, in analysts' view, and Mr Minh never will be because he is a career diplomat who lacks a wide enough political base.
The Hòa Hảo initially engaged in large-scale clashes with the Việt Minh in 1945, but by mid-1946 two two groups had agreed to stop fighting each other and fight the French instead.
The following day, he took me to Minh Duc, in the city center.
HO CHI MINH CITY — In the video, a transgender Vietnamese in a stringy, low-cut top entertains a crowd by balancing three fiery batons in her hands and on her head.
In Ho Chi Minh City in the country's south, one Mennonite pastor said that authorities tried to prevent a Christmas service by cutting power to his church.
