Vietnamese nationalism is a form of nationalism that asserts the Vietnamese people as an independent nation. It encompasses a broad range of ideas and sentiments harbored by the Vietnamese people in r
A street banner in Hanoi at the end of the World War II, as the French colonial forces were returning to Indochina.
Hồ Chí Minh (middle), leader of the Vietnam's communist movement
Political participation in South Vietnam, 1955
Việt gian is a pejorative term referring to a Vietnamese person who betrays, compromises or acts against the interests of Vietnam. The term Việt gian first appeared in 1938, denoting Vietnamese who su
A Viet Minh soldier and a anti-communist nationalist soldier, wearing a salacot and calot respectively, accuse each other of being Việt gian. Drawing from a nationalist newspaper in Huế, June 1947
1945 Viet Minh propaganda poster calls for the eradication of the Việt gian.
South Vietnam propaganda poster uses the phrase Việt gian cộng sản.