French Indochina was officially known as the Indochinese Union after 1887.
 Indochina was the second most invested-in French colony by 1940 after Algeria, with investments totalling up to 6
 In the protectorates the indigenous administrations were nominally combined with the French administration, but in the colony of Cochinchina as well as "colonial cities", such as  Nng in Annam, the French maintained direct rule

