“two rice bowls at the opposite ends of a carrying pole”
Vietnam timeline 2,000 BC – Vietnam inhabited by the “Viets” 111 BC Han Dynasty of China conquers the region 1418-26 – Vietnamese revolt against China establish kingdom of Le Thanh-tong Viet puppet/statue
French colonize Vietnam Napoleon III of France as vulture, lampooned by Harpers Monthly, 1872
Ho Chi Minh (“he who enlightens”) Born in 1890 as Nguyen That Thanh From Paris . . . to China . . . . . . To Vietnam to organize a liberation army: the Viet Minh
modern Vietnam Ho’s forces wave the Vietnamese flag at Dien Bien Phu, 1954
the 1954 Geneva accords 1954 Geneva conference
SEATO (South East Asian Treaty Organization) established in 1954 included U.S., France, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Pakistan
Ngo Dihn Diem Takes charge of South Vietnam in 1956; Creates the Republic of Vietnam