Cochinchina [SEP] dissolved or abolished
the French proclaimed Cochinchina an "autonomous republic", which was one of the causes of the First Indochina War. In 1948, Cochinchina was renamed as the "Provisional Government of South Vietnam". It was merged the next year with the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam, and the State of Vietnam, with former emperor Bảo Đại as head of state, was then officially established.
After the First Indochina War Cochinchina was then merged with southern Annam to form the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
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which would eventually be known in the West as "Cochinchina"). Phiên An Province was renamed to Gia Định Province in 1835.
After the French colonial invaders, led by vice-admiral Rigault de Genouilly attacked and captured the three eastern provinces of Gia Định, Định Tường, and Biên Hòa in 1862, and invaded the remaining western provinces of Vĩnh Long, An Giang, Hà Tiên in 1867, the French Empire abolished the administrative divisions created by the Nguyễn Dynasty. At first, the French used "départements