With 10 years of research and professional experience, Charlotte Aguttes-Reynier recounts the journey of the major individuals of this period in a work that synthesizes rich documents and images.

The French Institute of the Far East (EFEO) is displaying rare photographs of Vietnam in the early 20th century to celebrate the 120th founding anniversary.

The France-Vietnam Digital Library brings together a varied corpus of prints, manuscripts, maps, drawings and photographs coming in equal parts from French and Vietnamese collections.

Only solidarity and cooperation would help Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam (CLMV) overcome difficulties and build a CLMV region of dynamism, prosperity and sustainable development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 9. His attendance shows Vietnam’s responsibility in connecting members and initiating measures to improve cooperation in the future.

In 1953, eight years after reinvading Indochina, despite having mobilised huge economic and military resources, the French colonialists failed to achieve their purpose of destroying the revolutionary government and resistance forces to reestablish their rule throughout Indochina. On the contrary, they suffered heavy losses: 390,000 troops.