Vietnam Case Study

Concerning Europe, the Portuguese were the first to attempt to take control of Vietnam, yet the French were the first who succeeded. The French wanted to establish Vietnam as a trading location, and the French also wanted to punish the Vietnamese, since the Catholics were persecuted. Vietnam was controlled by the Buddhist and they controlled Vietnamese society.

However, the prime reason why France entered Vietnam was because, Vietnam had not opened their nation’s economy to exterior forces, thus, Europeans weren’t able to get access to their resources. France’s main objective was to have ingress in all the Asian markets. Since and before French arrival, Vietnam has been invaded time and time again. An example, their struggles with

Ho was both a nationalist and a communist; he became involved in communism to become part of a bigger opposition and to have more connections for help. Yet, his main factor in the beginning was more for nationalism, since he wanted Vietnam to be an independent country. Ho admired the United States in the beginning and imitated the United States’

Constitution. When Ho made Vietnam’s Constitution it had several similar words, terms, meanings and significance as the United States’. Ho sought help from the Soviets, but since Ho was not an extremist or abided to Stalin’s terms, Ho or Vietnam did not receive much help or consideration from Stalin. However, as stated formerly, China aided Vietnam greatly, since it was beneficial to them as well, even though they were enemies in the past. The Chinese and Soviets did in fact work together and in their meetings they often spoke and regarded Vietnam. Vietnam simply wanted to be an independent recognized state, and wanted no outside influences from China, Japan, France, or the United States.

With the western perspective of President Franklin Roosevelt, he did not agree with

France occupying Vietnam. He warned them concerning imperialism, and even froze aid