Question

Describe any five steps taken by the French for the development of the ’Mekong Delta Region’

Answer 1

The following points may help you:a. For French, colonies were necessary to provide natural resources and other goodsb. The French built  canals and drained lands in the Mekong delta to increase rice cultivation.c. Used forced labor for construction of irrigation facilities to improve rice cultivation,d. Built infrastructure and transportation facilities for the export of agricultural produce.,e. They also developed military garrisons,to establish control over the region.  f. Infrastructure projects were undertaken for the transportation of goods for trade, g.  Construction of Trans-Indo-China rail network was taken up to connect North and souther part of Vietnam and China.h. In 1920's , the french business community/class pressurised the government in Vietnam to develop further infrastructure to ensure profits, to bring about further easy mobility of goods and services.
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