Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kimanin shekaru 300 na rarrabuwa ta hanyar daular daular, Vietnam ta sake kasancewa a ƙarƙashin iko guda ɗaya a 1802 lokacin da Gia Long ya kafa daular Nguyễn, amma ƙasar ta zama mai kare Faransa bayan 1883 kuma a ƙarƙashin mamayar Japan bayan 1940 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da Japan ta mika wuya a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945
, Việt Minh a cikin Juyin Juya Halin Agusta ya shiga Hanoi, kuma an ayyana Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Vietnam a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945: gwamnati ga duk ƙasar, ta maye gurbin daular Nguyễn. Hồ Chí Minh ya zama shugaban Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Vietnam. Shugaban Amurka Franklin D. Roosevelt ya yi adawa da komawa mulkin Faransa a Indochina, kuma Amurka ta goyi bayan Viet Minh a wannan lokacin.