Question

Explain any four challenges faced by 'New republic of Vietnam'

Answer 1

The new Vietnamese Republic faced many challenges after 1945.

(i) The French tried to regain control by using Emperor Bao Dai as their puppet. Faced with French offensive, the Vietminh were forced to retreat to the hills. After eight years of fighting, the French were finally defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

(ii) After the French defeat, the Vietnamese were forced to accept the division of the country.North and South were split. Ho Chi Minh and the communists took power in the North,while Bao Dai’s regime ruled the South.

(iii) This division turned Vietnam into a battlefield bringing death and destruction to its people as well as the environment. A coup by Ngo Dinh Dien overthrew the Bao Dai government.Bao Dai had outlawed Buddhism. The opposition united under the banner of National Liberation Front (NLF).

(iv) With the help of the Ho Chi Minh government in the North, the NLF fought for the unification of the country and a long battle with the USA.

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Answer 2

ANSWER

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was formed under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh. The new republic faced a number of problems.

(i) The French tried to regain their control taking help of the emperor, Bao Dai,their puppet. They became successful in forcing Vietminh to retreat to the hills.

(ii) The Supreme French Commander of the French armies, General Henry Navarre had declared confidently in 1953 that they would soon be victorious.But this did not happen.

(iii) On 7 May 1954, the Vietminh destroyed and captured more than 16,000 soldiers of the French Expeditionary Corps.

(iv) The entire commanding staff, including a general, 16 colonels and 1,749 officers were made prisoners.