Question

why did french policy makers want to educate the people of Vietnam?

Answer 1

the French policy makers of want to educate te people of Vietnam because...
(i) they wanted to introduce the Vietnamese people to Western culture.
(ii) they wanted to expand their power over Vietnam through education..
(iii) they wanted to spread French influence..
(iv) They also wanted to neutralise the influence of Chinese which was widespread in Vietnamese...
(v) they also wanted the people to know about the importance and greatness of French culture...

Answer 2

French policy makers wanted to educate the Vietnamese as they wanted to show their supremacy. They wanted to influence Vietnamese by its power and wanted them to get introduced to the french culture. In the future, french people wanted Vietnamese to work for them. In short they wanted to expand their power and Vietnamese to respect them.