Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
Provisional Central Government of Vietnam Chính phủ Trung ương lâm thời Việt‑Nam Gouvernement central provisoire du Viêt‑Nam | |||||||||||
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| 1948–1949 | |||||||||||
| Motto: "Việt Nam thống nhất độc lập" ("Unite, Independent Vietnam") | |||||||||||
| Anthem: Thanh niên Hành Khúc "The March of Youths" La Marseillaise | |||||||||||
The administrative territory of the Provisional Central Government of Vietnam (dark green); claimed but not controlled territory (light green). | |||||||||||
| Status | Transitional government within the French Union | ||||||||||
| Capital | Hanoi (de jure) Saigon (de facto) | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Vietnamese, French | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism Confucianism Taoism Folk religions Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | Provisional government | ||||||||||
| Chief | |||||||||||
• 1948-1949 | Nguyễn Văn Xuân | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||||
• Formation | 23 May 1948 | ||||||||||
| 8 March 1949 | |||||||||||
• Reunification with Cochinchina | 4 June 1949 | ||||||||||
• Dissolution | 2 July 1949 | ||||||||||
| Currency | piastre | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Vietnam | ||||||||||
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The Provisional Central Government of Vietnam was a provisional associated government within the French Union, proclaimed in Vietnam during the First Indochina War. On 5 June 1948, it was recognized as an independent government by France. However, it was only created as a transitional entity partly replacing the French protectorates of Tonkin (Northern Vietnam) and Annam (Central Vietnam), until Cochinchina (Southern Vietnam) could be reunited with the rest of the country under an independent associated state within the French Union. This state would be the State of Vietnam, predecessor of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). The State of Vietnam was established by the Élysée Accords taking effect on 14 June 1949 and proclaimed on July 2, marking its end.