Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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The Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was the 1945 declaration by Hồ Chí Minh in Hanoi that announced Vietnam’s independence from French colonial rule and the establishment of a new Vietnamese state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf declaration of independence
historical document
political speech
alsoKnownAs Tuyên ngôn Độc lập (Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa)
Vietnamese Declaration of Independence
announcedCapital Hanoi
author Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
commemoratedOn Vietnam National Day
commemorationDate 2 September
country Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
date 2 September 1945
declaredIndependenceFrom France
French colonial rule in Indochina
establishedState Democratic Republic of Vietnam
governmentFormed provisional government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
headOfStateProclaimed Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
historicalContext August Revolution
Japanese surrender in World War II
historicalPeriod end of World War II
ideologicalContext anti-colonialism
nationalism
influencedBy French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
United States Declaration of Independence
language Vietnamese
legalStatusClaimed sovereign and independent state
locationCountryAtTime French Indochina
mainTheme assertion of Vietnamese sovereignty
condemnation of colonial exploitation
right of nations to self-determination
movement Vietnamese national liberation movement
opposedBy French colonial authorities
some Allied powers seeking French return
place Ba Đình Square
Hanoi
politicalLeaderAtTime Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
politicalOrganizationInvolved Viet Minh
politicalRegimeProclaimed Democratic Republic
quotedDocument French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
United States Declaration of Independence
readBy Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
readToAudience crowd at Ba Đình Square
region Southeast Asia
resultedIn beginning of the First Indochina War context
international attention to Vietnamese independence claim
signedBy Hồ Chí Minh
linked to: Ho Chi Minh
subsequentConflict First Indochina War
territorialClaim entire territory of Vietnam
typeOfEvent public mass rally
year 1945

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August Revolution in Vietnam followedBy Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh notableWork Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Government of North Vietnam foundingDeclaration Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ba Đình Square significantEvent Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Viet Minh notableEvent Proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on 1945-09-02
linked to: Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam alsoKnownAs Vietnamese Declaration of Independence
linked to: Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam alsoKnownAs Tuyên ngôn Độc lập (Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa)
linked to: Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Nguyen Sinh Cung notableWork Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
linked to: Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Tong Khoi Nghia Thang Tam followedBy Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam