Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mhuri yaitonga yeVietnam, mhuri yaNguyen, yakabvumidzwa kuramba ichitonga zviri pamutemo sevatungamiriri venyika pasi pekutarisirwa kweFrance kusvika munaKurume 1945 apo mutongi wekupedzisira weNguyen, Bao Dai, akabatana nemauto eJapan akadonhedza hutongi hweVichy France ndokuva Mutongi wenyika yakazvimiririra yeJapan Empire yeVietnam, uye kubviswa kweFrench Indochina. Yakaguma nokurega basa kwaBao Đại samambo zvichitevera kukundwa kweJapan uye
Shanduko yaAugust neViet Minh yechiKomonisiti inopesana nekoloni munaAugust 1945. Ho Chi Minh akatora masimba ndokuumba Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV, 1945<unk>1976), nepo Bảo Đại akakokwa neFrance ndokuva mutungamiri weHurumende yeVietnam (SoV, 1949<unk>1955), uye pakupedzisira akakandirwa pasi nemutungamiri wake Ngo Dinh Diem, muvambi weRepublic of Vietnam (RV, 1955<unk>1975).