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Who controlled the territory now known as Vietnam prior to 1954?

A. the British
B. the Germans
C. the Spanish
D. the French

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d. the french. Until 1954 Vietnam was a french colony and there are still many remnants of their colonisation still visible around vietnam, including some of the language still being spoken there
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Answer:

D. the French

Step-by-step explanation:

France came to Vietnam in year 1858 as they made their way defeating the Chinese in the so-called Franco-Chinese War. The French would cover a huge area to be called later Indochina and with a strong presence over Vietnam.

As the French came, so did Western ideals : religion, educaction, Chrisianity.

Regions seized by French included Annam, Tonkin , Cochinchina, these territories saw how French rule ended:

A century later Communists took in May 1954 the government and sucesfully expeled the Frencn and foreign influence creating a socialist regime.

The remarkable fact is that many former colonnies were given support from the Socialist world in order to replicate a model of socialism.

Vietnam became the clear scenario where the foreign intervention was shortened and legacy of the socialism would last until today.

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