" According to the Party's statute, amended at the 9th National Congress on 22 April 2001, the CPV was " established and trained by President Hồ Chí Minh, has led the Vietnamese people to carry out successfully the August Revolution, establishing the Democratic Republic of Việt Nam, now the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam, to defeat foreign invaders, to abolish the colonial and feudalist regime, to liberate and reunify the country, and then carry out the cause of renovation and socialist construction and firmly defend national independence.

* The Emperor Minh Mạng renames Việt Nam to Đại Nam.

In September 1945, after the Japanese withdrawal, Hồ Chí Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, his Việt Minh began fighting the French.

Diệm attempted to travel to Huế to dissuade Bảo Đại from joining Hồ, but was arrested by the Việt Minh along the way and exiled to a highland village near the border.

Six months later, he was taken to meet Hồ in Hanoi, but refused to join the Việt Minh, assailing Hồ for the death of his brother, Khôi, who was reportedly buried alive by Việt Minh cadres.

Diệm was given a respite in November 1946 when clashes between the French and the Việt Minh escalated into full scale war, forcing the Việt Minh to divert their resources.

In 1950, the Việt Minh lost patience and sentenced him to death in absentia, and the French refused to protect him.

Diệm toured the East Coast, speaking at universities, arguing that Vietnam could only be saved for the " free world " if the US sponsored a government of nationalists who were opposed to both the Việt Minh and the French.

The Việt Minh was also estimated to have control over a third of the country.

During the 1946 – 54 war against the French Union forces, the Việt Minh, having gained control of parts of southern Vietnam, initiated land reform.

During the period of war, rent collection, which hovered at around 50 – 70 %, was impossible in some parts of the country, or the Việt Minh had compelled landlords to seek safety in the city and confiscated their land, distributing it to the peasants.

This policy failure generated anger, and in turn sympathy to the Việt Minh who had given the peasants free land.

Due to his recent Japanese associations, Hồ was able to persuade Bảo Đại to abdicate on 25 August 1945, handing power over to the Việt Minh — an event which greatly enhanced Hồ's legitimacy in the eyes of the Vietnamese people.

The communist victory in China in 1949 led to a revival of the fortunes of the Việt Minh.

But the war between the French colonial forces and the Việt Minh continued, ending in 1954 shortly after a major victory for the Việt Minh at Điện Biên Phủ.

The Đại Việt campaign against Champa continued into the late 11th century, when the Cham were forced to cede their three northern provinces to the rulers of the Lý Dynasty.

The southward expansion of Đại Việt ( known as Nam Tiến ) continued for several centuries, culminating in the annexation of most of the Cham territories by the end of the 15th century.

From that time onward, the dominant Đại Việt ( Vietnamese ) followed the Mahayana tradition while the Khmer continued to practice Theravada.

As well as fighting the French, the Việt Minh started a campaign against the Japanese.

His French infantry with armored units went through Hanoi, fighting small battles against isolated Việt Minh groups.

Thiệu started as the commander of an infantry platoon fighting against the Việt Minh.

The Việt Minh Front was supposed to be an umbrella group for all parties fighting for Vietnam's independence, but was dominated by the Communist Party.

After fighting for 55 days, the besieged French garrison was overrun and all French central positions were captured by the Việt Minh.

In the 1950s, fighting between the French colonial powers and the Việt Minh resistance forces destroyed much of the city, and further damage was done by United States bombing in the Vietnam War.

Most of the fighting took place between the South Vietnamese MP units stationed in Đà Lạt and the Việt Cộng ( VC ) forces.

There was also a significant war fought against the Lý Dynasty of Vietnam from 1075 to 1077 over a border dispute and the Song's severing of commercial relations with the Đại Việt kingdom.

* In 1945 when the Japanese colonel in charge of the Hue garrison told Bảo Đại that he had ( in line with the orders of the Allied commander ) taken measures ensuring the security of the Imperial Palace and those within it against a possible Việt Minh coup, Bảo Đại dismissed the protection declaring " I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people.

The Việt Minh also recruited more than 600 of the Japanese soldiers, who fought in the war against France until 1954.

In 1949, upon graduation, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant from the first officer candidates ’ course of the Vietnam National Army, which had been created by former Emperor Bảo Đại who had agreed to be the Chief of State of the State of Vietnam to fight against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam of the Việt Minh.

Phan Bội Châu created the Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội in Guangzhou, planning armed resistance against the French.

The kingdom remained independent from the Chinese who controlled Vietnam's north and in its refusal to submit, Champa frequently waged wars against China as well as other neighboring kingdoms, Đại Việt and Khmer Empire.

The conflict pitted a range of actors, including the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by Emperor Bảo Đại's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh, led by Hồ Chí Minh and Võ Nguyên Giáp.

Following the reoccupation of Indochina by the French following the end of World War II, the area having fallen to the Japanese, the Việt Minh launched a rebellion against the French authority governing the colonies of French Indochina.

" Later on, he denounced Chinese aid to the Việt Minh, explained that the United States could not act openly because of international pressure, and concluded with the call to " all concerned nations " concerning the necessity of " a collective defense " against " the communist aggression ".

Georges Boudarel was a French communist militant who used brainwashing and torture against French Union POWs in Việt Minh reeducation camps.

While Bảo Đại's State of Vietnam ( formerly Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchine ) had the Vietnamese National Army supporting the French forces, some minorities were trained and organized as regular battalions ( mostly infantry tirailleurs ) that fought with French forces against the Việt Minh.

In the late 1990s, Johns was one of several U. S. conservatives who successfully urged the Clinton administration to reverse the U. S. government's long-standing policy of officially denying the existence of the CIA-supported covert " Secret War " in Laos and to honor the thousands of Hmong who provided support to U. S. air and ground combat operations against the North Vietnamese Army and Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War.

On August 19, 1945, the Việt Minh under Hồ Chí Minh began rebellion against French colonial rule in Vietnam.

Bảo Đại fought against communist leader Hồ Chí Minh for legitimacy as the legitimate government of the entire Vietnam through the struggle between the Vietnamese National Army and the Việt Minh during the First Indochina War.

In August 1945, the Việt Minh chief of Cochinchina, Trần Văn Giàu, formed an alliance with Bảy Viễn and Ba Dương against the French.

His father was a tailor who supported the Việt Minh in its war for independence against France.

In August 1964, after Khánh decided to take more power for himself by declaring a state of emergency and introducing a new constitution, Buddhists launched protests against the new junta, claiming that there was a plot to revive the Diêm era by predominantly Catholic groups such as Cần Lao veterans and Đại Việt supporters, pinpointing Khiêm and Thiệu, both Catholics who had been favoured by Diêm.

During his 55-year ruling that is the longest reign in the history of Vietnamese monarchs, Lý Nhân Tông also experienced several conflicts against Đại Việt's neighbours the Song Dynasty and the kingdom of Champa in which the Song-Đại Việt War ( 1075 – 1076 ) was the fiercest.

To protect the capital Thăng Long against floods, Lý Nhân Tông initiated the construction of the Cổ Xá Dike, one of the first dike system in Đại Việt.