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Also Known As Nam Ky • Cochinchine

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Major Events

Treaty of Saigon

Related Places

Vietnam
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City: City Hall
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Champa
Champa
ancient kingdom, Indochina

Key People

Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Paul-Louis-Félix Philastre
French administrator and diplomat
Louis-Adolphe Bonard
French admiral
Charles Rigault de Genouilly
French admiral
Poivre, Pierre
Pierre Poivre
French trader
Nguyen Van Thinh
Vietnamese statesman