Phan Thanh Giản
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Phan Thanh Giản was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led a diplomatic mission to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam in 18
Phan Thanh Giản in Paris, 1863.
Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam before French colonization.
Phan Thanh Giản as the head Vietnamese delegation (middle and first row) to Napoleon III (1863)
Phan Thanh Giản
France–Vietnam relations
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France–Vietnam relations are the diplomatic and historical relations between the French Fifth Republic and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. These relations began in the 17th century with Catholic mi
Phan Thanh Giản
…Nowadays, Phan Thanh Giản is being venerated as a minor god in some localities in southern Vietnam. France–Vietnam relations Trương Vĩnh Ký…
Pierre Lambert de la Motte.
Frigate Thétis, 1813 model. Musée National de la Marine (Rochefort).
The first attack by France against Vietnam occurred under the command of Jean-Baptiste Cécille in 1847.
Capture of Saigon by Charles Rigault de Genouilly on 18 February 1859, painted by Antoine Morel-Fatio.