What is State of Vietnam?
'''State of Vietnam''' was a former [[autonomous]] [[state]] controlled by [[France]]. It was established in [[1949]]. It was an [[associated state]] and a constituent territory of the [[French Indochina]] until [[1954]]. From [[1954]], it became fully independent from [[France]] since this [[country]] lost the [[First Indochina War]]. It was replaced by [[Republic of Vietnam]] in [[1955]]. It proclaimed its sovereignty over all of [[Vietnam]]'s territories, but in fact, it only controlled small parts of its proclaimed territories. Most of its territories was controlled by [[Viet Minh]] and [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]. Only French-occupied territories in [[Vietnam]] was controlled by the '''State of Vietnam'''. From [[1954]], the [[1954 Geneva Accords]] divided [[Vietnam]] into two countries: [[North Vietnam]] and State of Vietnam. [[North Vietnam]]'s territory is from [[Quang Binh Province]] to the North. The State of Vietnam's territory is from [[Quang Tri Province]] to the South. Its area was 173,809&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> from [[1954]]. ==History== '''State of Vietnam''' was established in [[1949]]. It was preceded by the [[Provisional Central Government of Vietnam]]. It was established in [[1948]]. In [[1950]], it was recognised by [[France]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] with the capital of [[Saigon]] and the [[chief of state]] of [[Bao Dai]]. In [[1954]], [[France]] lost the [[First Indochina War]]. That led to the [[1954 Geneva Accords]]. It divided Vietnam into two countries. State of Vietnam and [[France]] gathered their troops in [[Southern Vietnam]]. On [[26 October]], it was replaced by [[Republic of Vietnam]]. ==Military== Following the signing of the [[1949]] [[Élysée Accords]] in [[Paris]], [[Bảo Đại|Bao Dai]] was able to create a National Army for defense purposes. It fought under the State of Vietnam's banner and leadership and was commanded by General [[Nguyễn Văn Hinh|Nguyen Van Hinh]]. ==Related pages== * [[Empire of Vietnam]] * [[Republic of Vietnam]] ==References== {{r