2006-08-07 21:46:56 · 6 answers · asked by jtkl 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
The French completed the work of Portuguese missionaries and introduced phonetic spelling based on the western alphabet.
They also raised the profile of the Roman Catholic church and helped to spread Christianity
The French raised the level of education and introduced western philosophy and literature where it was previously unheard of.
Ideas of capital and civil rights were were ingrained into the psyche of the South Vietnamese.
Saigon was known as the "Paris of the Orient"
Most of the French influince was felt in the south, particularly Saigon, and this is why when the Communists forced them out in 1954, South Vietnamese leaders kicked the Communists out in turn and tried desperatly to hold on the the Western values that they were endowed with
The United States tried to assist South Vietnam but was unable to stop the Communists. Truely a noble and altruistic effort. Their contribution is still seen as heroic by all Vietnamese who embrace freedom
In my opinion, Vietnam was positioned to be one of the Newly Industrialized Nations and could have surpassed Hong Kong, Tiawon, and Singapore had the Communists been foiled.
2006-08-11 00:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by famousblue11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 02:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have learned to breathe without any help. I only wonder if they can progress with communism, as what China has done.
It is because of French colonialism Vietnam was divided; and the Americans unified them with communism taking the south as well. Anyway they are well off now, than what they were before.
2006-08-07 22:01:38 · answer #3 · answered by john j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the US got involved in vietnam to help out the french. Then, as you know, we got our butts kicked in vietnam (but not before doing some serious damage), and we got the hell outta dodge. Since then, they've been under communist rule. So there you go, the communist government currently in power in vietnam is due to french colonialism.
2006-08-07 21:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, one legacy is that Vietnam has some of the best bakeries in the Southern Hemisphere and a legion of highly qualified pastry chefs
2006-08-07 21:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they learned that the French are a bunch of ******* who don't know how to wage war....LOL
2006-08-07 22:21:33 · answer #6 · answered by RangerBob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋