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State of Vietnam
Quốc gia Việt Nam(Vietnamese) État du Viêt Nam(French)
1949–1955
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: Dân vi quý[1] "The people are the most important"
Anthem:Thanh niên Hành Khúc "The March of Youths"
Grand Seal of the State[2] 保大國長 (1949–1954)
State of Vietnam in 1954
Status
Associated state of the French Union (until 1954) Independent state (after 1954)
Vietnamese folk religion Roman Catholicism Buddhism Confucianism Taoism
Demonym(s)
Vietnamese, South Vietnamese (after 1954)
Government
Provisional government within the French Union
Chief of State
• 1949–1955
Bảo Đại
• 1955
Ngô Đình Diệm
Prime Minister
• 1949–1950
Bảo Đại
• 1950
Nguyễn Phan Long
• 1950–1952
Trần Văn Hữu
• 1952–1953
Nguyễn Văn Tâm
• 1954
Bửu Lộc
• 1954–1955
Ngô Đình Diệm
Historical era
Cold War
• Proclamation
2 July 1949
• Geneva Accords
22 July 1954
• 1955 referendum
26 October 1955
Currency
piastre đồng (from 1953)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
1949: Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
1954: French Indochina
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Today part of
Vietnam
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History of Vietnam
Prehistoric
Paleolithic
Sơn Vi culture
20,000 BC–12,000 BC
Mesolithic
Hoabinhian
12,000 BC–10,000 BC
Neolithic
Bắc Sơn culture
10,000 BC–8,000 BC
Quỳnh Văn culture
8,000 BC–6,000 BC
Đa Bút culture
4,000 BC–3,000 BC
Ancient
Hồng Bàng dynasty
2879 BC–258 BC
Thục dynasty
257 BC–179 BC
Triệu dynasty
204 BC–111 BC
Dominated
1st Chinese domination
111 BC–40 AD
Trung sisters' rebellion
40–43
2nd Chinese domination
43–544
Early Lý dynasty
544–602
3rd Chinese domination
602–938
Dynastic
Ngô dynasty
939–965
Anarchy of the 12 Warlords
965–968
Đinh dynasty
968–980
Early Lê dynasty
980–1009
Later Lý dynasty
1009–1225
Trần dynasty
1225–1400
Hồ dynasty
1400–1407
4th Chinese domination
1407–1427
Later Lê dynasty
1428–1527
Mạc dynasty
1527–1592
Later Lê Restoration
1533–1789
Tây Sơn dynasty
1778–1802
Nguyễn dynasty
1802–1945
Colonial
French Cochinchina
1862–1945 / 1945–1949
French Annam
1883–1945 / 1945–1948
French Tonkin
1883–1945 / 1946–1948
French Indochina
1887–1945 / 1945–1954
Empire of Vietnam
1945
Republic
North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam)
1945–1976
Provisional Central Government
1948–1949
State of Vietnam
1949–1955
North–South division
1954–1976
South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam)
1955–1975
Provisional Revolutionary Government (Republic of South Vietnam)
1969–1976
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1976–present
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The State of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Hán: 國家越南; French: État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country (from 22 July 1954 to 26 October 1955). The state claimed authority over all of Vietnam during the First Indochina War, although large parts of its territory were controlled by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
The state was created in 1949 by France as part of the French Union[3] and was internationally recognised in 1950. Former Emperor Bảo Đại became Chief of State. After the 1954 Geneva Agreements, the State of Vietnam abandoned its sovereignty over the northern part of the country, which was controlled by the Việt Minh. Ngô Đình Diệm was appointed prime minister the same year and—after having ousted Bảo Đại in 1955—became president of the Republic of Vietnam.
^Hoàng Cơ Thụy. Việt sử khảo luận. Paris, 2002. Trang 2299.
^Letter with photograph, signature, and Grand Seal of the State from his majesty the Chief of State Bảo Đại to Madame Jeanne Leveque in New York City (1952).
^Hammer, Ellen J. "The Bao Dai Experiment". Pacific Affairs, vol. 23, no. 1, Pacific Affairs, University of British Columbia, 1950, p. 55, doi:10.2307/2753754.
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