Annam (French protectorate)
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Annam, or Trung Kỳ, was a French protectorate encompassing what is now Central Vietnam from 1883 to 1949. Like the French protectorate of Tonkin, it was nominally ruled by the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynast
Administrative divisions of the French Protectorate of Annam in 1920.
Postcard of the Annam Tower, built in Marseille for the 1906 Colonial Exhibition.
An Indochinese primary school completion certificate (Bằng-Cấp Tiểu-Học Cụ-Thề Đông-Pháp) issued by the National Ministry of Education of the Nguyễn dynasty in the year 1939. It has a modern French design but displays traditional symbols like the seal of the minister, and uses Classical Chinese alongside Romanised Vietnamese.
Abdication of Bảo Đại
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The abdication of Bảo Đại took place on 25 August 1945, in response to the August Revolution. It marked the end of the 143-year reign of the Nguyễn dynasty, a dynasty under the House of Nguyễn Phúc, a
Abdication statement of Bảo Đại, signed 25 August 1945
A photograph taken during the abdication ceremony
Procès-verbal for the recovery of the items the Bảo Đại Emperor gave to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam during his abdication ceremony (1952)
The National assembly of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 2 March 1946. Supreme advisor Vĩnh Thụy is located immediately to the left of President Ho Chi Minh.