PREPARATORY CONFERENCE IN DA LAT (VIETNAM) AND THE STRUGGLE AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE BETWEEN VIETNAM AND FRANCE

After the August Revolution in Vietnam was successful, on September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square (Hanoi), on behalf of the Provisional Revolutionary Government, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence to give birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. However, imperialist forces and reactionary henchmen in Vietnam have colluded together to attempt to overthrow the newly established revolutionary government and destroy the achievements of the Vietnamese revolution. In the difficult situation of "a thousand pounds hanging by a thread", with the flexible diplomatic efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Indochina Communist Party, on March 6, 1946, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Government of France signed a Franco-Vietnamese Accord bringing the Vietnamese people's revolution into a new state. Although the Franco-Vietnamese Accord was signed, the French side always sought to delay the implementation of the signed terms and frequently violated the Accord. Faced with the French colonialists' attitude of subverting, violating and sabotaging the Franco-Vietnamese Accord of March 6, 1946, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam is still determined to maintain and promote the strategy of peace with France. The article focuses on clarifying the historical situation and the process of struggle step by step leading to the Da Lat Preparatory Conference, the developments of the struggle between Vietnam and France during the Conference and drawing some comments.