 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waKurume 8, 1949, mushure meElysée Zvibvumirano, Nyika yeVietnam yakazivikanwa neFrance senyika yakazvimiririra inotongwa naMambo weVietnamese Bảo Đại. The Vietnamese National Army kana Vietnam National Army , National Army of Vietnam,, Vietnamese National Army aiva State of Vietnam kuti uto zvakasikwa nokukurumidza pashure kuti. Yakanga ichitungamirirwa naGeneral Hinh weVietnam uye yakanga yakavimbika kuna Bảo Đại. VaVNA vakarwa mumabasa akabatana neFrench Unions French Far East Expeditionary Corps CEFEO vachipesana nemakomonisiti eViet Minh aitungamirwa naHo Chi Minh. Zvikamu zvakasiyana mukati meVNA zvakarwa muhondo dzakasiyana-siyana kusanganisira Hondo yeNà Sản 1952, Operation Hautes Alpes 1953, Operation Atlas 1953 uye Hondo yeDien Bien Phu1954. 