| De Quoc Dai Viet/Dai Viet Teikoku/Great Viet Empire | |
|---|---|
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Population |
30,000,000 |
|
Capital |
Hanoi |
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Head of State |
Emperor Duy Tan (1954-1981), Emperor Bao Vang (of all Indochina from 1981) |
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Ruling Party |
Dai Viet Nam Quang Phuc Hoi/Great Viet Nam Restoration League (merged into the Dong Duong Quoc Dan Dang/Indochinese Nationalist Party, 1981) |
|
Head of Government |
Prince Cuong De (1948-1951), Son Ngoc Thanh (from 1951) |
History[]
French Protectorate of Tonkin occupied by Japan 1941, with the permission of France. For several years the Japanese maintained the pretence that the occupation was a temporary measure designed to cut off the Chinese Nationalist Army and hasten the end of the war in China. By 1949, with relations between Japan and the European Axis at a nadir, all French officials were expelled from Tonkin and an independent State of Viet Nam was established.