 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - VaFrance vakabatanidza Cochinchina ndokutanga kudzivirira Cambodia muna 1862 na1863. Pashure pokunge vaFrench vatora rutivi rwokuchamhembe rweVietnam kupfurikidza nehondo yeTonkin, dziviriro dzakasiana-siana dzakasimbiswa kuva mubatanidzwa mumwe muna 1887. Mamwe masangano maviri akabatanidzwa mumubatanidzwa: dziviriro yeLaotian nenharaunda yeChinese yeGuangzhouwan. VaFrench vakashandisa zviwanikwa mudunhu iri panguva yekutonga kwavo, asi vakabatsirawo mukuvandudza hutano uye dzidzo mudunhu iri. Kunyange zvakadaro, vanhu vomunyika yacho nevakanga vatanga kugara ikoko vakaramba vachipesana chaizvo, zvikaita kuti dzimwe nguva vapanduki vacho vapandukire. Pashure pokuwa kweFrance muHondo Yenyika II, nyika yacho yakatongwa nehurumende yeVichy uye yakanga iri pasi pokutonga kweJapan kusvikira muna March 1945, apo vaJapan vakaparadza hurumende yekoloni. Pashure pokuzviisa pasi kweJapan, Viet Minh, sangano rechiKomonisiti raitungamirirwa naHồ Chí Minh, rakazivisa rusununguko rweVietnamese, asi France yakazotorazve kutonga kweFrench Indochina. Hondo yokuwana rusununguko yakakomba, inozivikanwa seHondo Yokutanga yeIndochina, yakatanga mukupera kwa1946 pakati pemasimba eFrance neViet Minh. 