Question

1.who is paul bernard in vietnam ?what is contribution? 2.what were the suggestion given by the paul bernard .to improve the position of people in vietnam?

Answer 1

Paul Bernard was an influencing writer and policy maker.

• He believes that economy of colony should be developed.

• He argued that the purpose of acquiring the Vietnam for French was to make profit from them if the economy of Colony developed and the living standard of people in Vietnam improves then they would buy more goods which leads to profit for French.

• According to Paul Bernard the barriers for development why high population level low agricultural productivity and extensive indebtedness among peasents.

• He suggested that to reduce the rural poverty and to increase the agricultural productivity Vietnamese must be carry out the land reforms as Japanese done in 1890.

•The economy of Vietnam was based on rice cultivation and Rubber plantation which was owned by French people and small Vietnamese Elite

Answer 2

Paul Bernard was a french author, policy maker and writer.

He has proposed several reforms to improve the position of people in vietnam

He proposed that land reforms reduce poverty levels in rural areas and improves productivity in agricultural sector.

he also proposed that development in economy of individuals support expansion of markets as they show interest in buying goods and sevises with increased economy.