What if instead of France, britain colonized or puppetized Vietnam and Indochina? or at least everything north of cochinchina and Cambodia, if the French got those.
Britain had a more hands-off kind of colonization. I expect a high segree of autonomy and perhaps even the Kingdom of Vietnam still having a king
Well, for what it's worth Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos have remained part of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.Is there any legacy in Vietnam of French rule?
Is there any legacy in Vietnam of French rule?
Is there any legacy in Vietnam of French rule?
I think my baseline for colonial influence is India, where a significant minority, especially in the upper classes, speak English. Or France's former colonies in Africa where French is still the main language.On a more mundane and cultural front, there is Bánh mì (Vietnamese baguette sandwiches made with rice flour, and stuffed with local meats), cà phê đá (French pressed iced coffee), Bò Lúc Lắc (Sauté Diced Beef in tomato sauce), and many other French influences on Vietnamese cuisine that continues to this day. In fact, I once read that the reason why Vietnamese food was comparatively no spicy by South-East Asian standards was because the cooking were modified to suit the milder palates of their French colonial masters.
So, with British Indochina, you might see them introducing the afternoon tea and Worcestershire sauce, and brown steak sauce to Vietnam instead, the same way that they did for their colony of Hong Kong.