On one hand, Bảo Đại remains a highly discussed figure. While labelling him as traitor, the CPV does not treat him entirely harshly compared to subsequent leaders of the later South Vietnam, whom the communists engaged in an extensive vilification, and his role continues to be studied, ranging from a somewhat sympathetic figure to the Việt Minh to a moderate figure who tried to avoid war, given Bảo Đại himself agreed to abdicate in 1945 to give power for the Việt Minh.
On one hand Bảo Đại remains a highly discussed figure While labelling him as traitor the CPV does not treat him entirely harshly compared to subsequent leaders of the later South Vietnam whom the communists engaged in an extensive vilification and his role continues to be studied ranging from a somewhat sympathetic figure to the Việt Minh to a moderate figure who tried to avoid war given Bảo Đại himself agreed to abdicate in 1945 to give power for the Việt Minh