Yên Bái mutiny

Yên Báy general uprising

Portraits of 13 Yên Bái martyrs in June 17, 1930.
DateFebruary 10, 1930
Location
Result

Victory of the French forces.

  • Uprising crushed.
  • Some villages were massacred by French soldiers.

Division of the Nationalist Party.

  • Rebels severely damaged by arrests and executions by French authorities.
  • Many leaders had to escape to China.
Belligerents

Vietnam Nationalist Party

Government of French Indochina

Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Thái Học 
Phó Đức Chính 
Đoàn Trần Nghiệp 
Nguyễn Khắc Nhu (POW)
Bắc (POW) & Giang 
Vũ Hồng Khanh
Nhượng Tống
Resident Massimi
Commandant Le Tacon
Chief Louis Marty
Governor Vi Văn Định
Strength
~100 ~600
Casualties and losses
Unknown number of casualties
13 were later executed
2 French officers and 3 French NCOs dead
3 French NCOs wounded
Unknown number of casualties among Vietnamese soldiers in the French army

The Yên Bái mutiny (Vietnamese: Bạo-động Yên-bái) or officially Yên Báy general uprising (Vietnamese: Tổng khởi-nghĩa Yên-báy) was an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on 10 February 1930. This took place in collaboration with civilian supporters who were members of the Vietnam Nationalist Party.