Why did the ‘Go East Movement’ become popular in Vietnam during the first decade of 20th century? 

• Vietnamese students went to Japan to acquire education

• They went to Japan to learn Japanese language

• They went to get lucrative jobs

•  They looked for foreign arms and help to drive out the French from Vietnam

The government made the Saigon Native Girls School take back the students it had expelled.

Rats were most common in the modern, newly built areas of Hanoi.

Describe the ideas behind the Tonkin Free School. To what extent was it a typical example of colonial ideas in Vietnam?

What was Phan Chu Trinh’s objective for Vietnam? How were his ideas different from those of Phan Boi Chau?

With reference to what you have read in this chapter, discuss the influence of China on Vietnam’s culture and life.

What was the role of religious groups in the development of anti-colonial feelings in Vietnam?

Explain the causes of the US involvement in the war of Vietnam. What effect did this involvement have on life within the US itself?

Write an evaluation of the Vietnamese War against the US from the point of view of:

(a) a porter on the Ho Chi Minh trail.

(b) a woman soldier.

What was the role of women in the anti-imperial struggle in Vietnam? Compare this with the role of women in the nationalist struggle in India.

When did Indo-China get its formal independence?