Question

What led to the formation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?

Answer 1

1. The Great Depression of the 1930s had a great impact on Vietnam. The prices of rice and rubber fell which lead to the rise of rural debts, unemployment and rural protests in certain provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
2. These villages were among the poorest and were termed as electrical fuses of Vietnam.
3. The French suppressed these uprisings by using plane bombings. In 1930, Ho Chi Minh brought together nationalists groups and established Vietnamese Communist Party which was later renamed as Indo-Chinese Communist Party.
4. The league for independence of Vietnam fought the Japanese condition of 1940, and recaptured Hanoi in 1945.
5. As a result the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was formed and  Ho Chi Minh became its Chairman.