<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ho Chi Minh">Ho Chi Minh</a> signs <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho–Sainteny_agreement" id="mw1w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ho–Sainteny agreement">an agreement</a> with France which recognizes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> as an autonomous state in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Indochina">Indochinese Federation</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Union" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Union">French Union</a>.