French Indochina facts for kids

French Indochina is a region that consists of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. It became part of the French colonial empire in the late 19th century. The Japanese Empire conquered it in the Second World War, and other wars went on for decades.

Images for kids

Siamese Army troops in the disputed territory of Laos in 1893
The Presidential Palace, in Hanoi, built between 1900 and 1906 to house the Governor-General of Indochina
Occupation of Trat by French troops in 1904
A report by the Viện cơ mật on the financial and military aid given by the Nguyễn dynasty to Great France in the year Khải Định 2 (1917). Note how the document ends with the phrases Đại Pháp vạn tuế, Đông Dương vạn tuế (大法萬歲, 東洋萬歲).
French Indochina around 1933
A propaganda painting in Hanoi, 1942
Members of the 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company during the Indochina War
Indochina in 1954
The Cathédrale Saint-Joseph de Hanoï, inspired by Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.
Subdivisions of French Indochina
The Paul Doumer Bridge, now Long Biên Bridge, in Hanoi.
Musée Louis Finot in Hanoi, built by Ernest Hébrard in 1932, now the National Museum of Vietnamese History.