 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mhedzisiro yenguva refu yezvematongerwo enyika yekudzoka kubva kuLạng Sơn yaive yakakura. Kuguma kunonyadzisa kweHondo yeChina neFrance kwakadzora kwenguva pfupi kushingaira kweFrance mukukura kwekoloni uye kwakaguma muTonkin Debate yaDecember 1885, umo Imba yeVamiririri yakavhotera kutsigira kuzvipira kweFrance muTonkin nemiganhu yakatetepa kwazvo. Zvimwe zvirongwa zveFrance zvekoloni, kusanganisira kukunda kweMadagascar, dzakanonoka kwemakore anoverengeka. 