The novel is set in 1928 Vietnam, which was then under colonial French rule, and the men live ... It examines the dark griminess that is part and parcel of the spectrum of humanity.

The French would have to accept whatever terms ... as leading nationalists with successes at social reform in the parts of Vietnam they controlled, there was little doubt that they would be ...

France's prime minister has visited the site of the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, which led to the end of French presence in Indochina. Édouard Philippe is the second French leader to ...

Vietnam was a French colony when communist-led rebels defeated ... Fighting ensued. As part of its strategy to contain communism, the United States aided South Vietnam by sending military advisers.

The resulting media attention proved very embarrassing for the defeated French. The outcome of this defeat was formalised in the Geneva Agreement of July 1954 and temporarily separated Vietnam ...

Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During World War Two it had been invaded by Japan. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Vietminh, a resistance army which fought for ...

He returned to Vietnam to rule under French control until he was ousted by South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem in a rigged election in 1954. Known popularly as "Big Minh," Duong led the South ...