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Dinh Hong Khoa1,Duong To Quoc Thai1,Vo Nguyen Thong1,Ly Thi Kim Quyen1,Huynh Phuong Ngh2,Hoang Van Nam3,Nguyen Thanh Tuan4
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DOI:10.17265/1548-6591/2025.02.002
1.Dong Thap University, Dong Thap, Vietnam 2.Dong Thap Medical College, Dong Thap, Vietnam 3.Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4.Vinh Nhuan Junior and Senior High School, An Giang, Vietnam
From the late 19th to the early 20th century, French colonial exploitation reshaped Cochinchina from a traditional agrarian base into a colonial-capitalist economy integrated into the global market. The colonial administration implemented land reforms, expanded rice cultivation, developed rubber plantations, and invested in transportation infrastructure, seaports, and banking systems to serve extraction needs. These changes encouraged the expansion of French capitalist enterprises and the emergence of local landlord, merchant, and working classes, which profoundly transformed the socio-economic structure of the colony. At the same time, colonial policies deepened class divisions, exacerbated inequalities, and intensified social tensions, laying the foundation for the rise of national-democratic movements in the early 20th century. Methodologically, this study employs historical and From the late 19th to the early 20th century, French colonial exploitation reshaped Cochinchina from a traditional agrarian base into a colonial-capitalist economy integrated into the global market. The colonial administration implemented land reforms, expanded rice cultivation, developed rubber plantations, and invested in transportation infrastructure, seaports, and banking systems to serve extraction needs. These changes encouraged the expansion of French capitalist enterprises and the emergence of local landlord, merchant, and working classes, which profoundly transformed the socio-economic structure of the colony. At the same time, colonial policies deepened class divisions, exacerbated inequalities, and intensified social tensions, laying the foundation for the rise of national-democratic movements in the early 20th century. Methodologically, this study employs historical and
Cochinchina, French colonialism, colony, economy, society
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