Kammala wannan jumla: Faransa ta koma zuwa
sake tabbatar da mulkin mallaka a kan Vietnam wanda ya haifar da Yaƙin Indochina na Farko a watan Disamba na 1946, yaƙin guerrilla tsakanin Faransa da Viet Minh. Viet Minh sun kama kuma sun mallaki yawancin yankunan karkara a Vietnam wanda ya haifar da shan kashi a Faransa a shekarar 1954. Tattaunawa a taron Geneva a wannan shekarar ya kawo karshen yakin kuma ya amince da 'yancin kai na Vietnam. Yarjejeniyar Geneva ta raba kasar a wani yanki na arewaci da na kudu a kan layi na 17, yana ba da zaɓen gama gari da aka tsara don Yuli 1956 don "haɗa haɗin Vietnam". Yankin arewacin Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Vietnam ce ke sarrafa shi kuma ana kiransa Arewacin Vietnam, yayin da yankin kudu, wanda ke ƙarƙashin ikon jihar Vietnam da Faransa ta kafa, ana kiransa Kudancin Vietnam.