French Economic Control
This European country colonized Vietnam and took control of its economy.
What is France?
Name one natural resource of Vietnam that continued to be exported after independence.
What is rubber?
What environmental consequence results from continued exploitation of Vietnam’s natural resources?
What is deforestation?
Year when France began capturing Da Nang and Saigon to establish control over Vietnam.
What is 1858?
This environmental issue caused by continued resource exploitation in Vietnam affects air and water.
What is pollution?
On which commodities did France impose taxes and monopolies to extract revenue in Vietnam?
What are opium, salt, and alcohol?
What set of economic reforms in 1986 opened Vietnam’s economy to global markets?
What are the Doi Moi reforms?
How do mining and plantations impact communities socially and economically today?
They often remain poor and may suffer land dispossession and poor working conditions.
What was the colonial federation that included Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia called?
What is French Indochina?
How does land dispossession affect communities reliant on plantations and mining?
It forces them off their land and undermines their livelihoods.
What infrastructure did the French build in Indochina to facilitate export of resources like rubber, coal, rice and tin?
What are railways, ports, and plantations?
After the Doi Moi reforms, who often received most profits from Vietnam’s mining and manufacturing?
Who are foreign investors?
What debate surrounds Vietnam’s current resource exploitation?
What is balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability and social justice?
Which battle’s defeat of French forces led to the Geneva Accords and the end of French colonial rule?
What is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
What is the main challenge when balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability in Vietnam?
What is ensuring resource exploitation benefits communities without causing environmental and social harm?
What lasting economic structure did French colonialism establish in Vietnam that persisted after independence?
What is an export-oriented resource extraction economy dominated by foreign interests?
How were Vietnam’s natural resources like rubber, coal and tin used during the French Indochina era?
They were exported through plantations and mines built by the French.
What types of environmental damage are mentioned as results of exploitation since Doi Moi?
What are deforestation and pollution?
During what period did war and political instability divide Vietnam and prevent equitable resource development?
What is 1954–1975?
Why do rural workers in post‑Doi Moi Vietnam face poor conditions despite foreign investment?
Profits often flow overseas and investments prioritize extraction over worker welfare, leading to poor working conditions and environmental damage. What is this?
How did the division of Vietnam between 1954 and 1975 perpetuate colonial‑era resource control by foreign enterprises?
War and political instability allowed foreign enterprises to keep control of plantations and mines, preventing equitable development. What is this situation?
Why do communities dependent on resource extraction remain poor despite increased national revenue?
Because profits flow overseas while rural workers endure low wages, poor working conditions and environmental damage. What is this ongoing inequality?
Why is further research into resource governance necessary in Vietnam?
To develop more equitable resource management that balances economic growth with environmental sustainability and social justice. Why is this needed?
Which economic reforms opened Vietnam’s economy to global markets, encouraging foreign investment and continued resource exploitation?
What are the Doi Moi reforms of 1986?
What lasting pattern from French colonization continues to shape Vietnam’s economy today?
An export‑oriented resource extraction model dominated by foreign interests. What is this legacy?