ETHNIC, RACIAL, and SEPARATIST MOVEMENT:
  • Ho Chi Men convened a National Congress:
    • one of the point was:
      • "Civil rights : universal suffrage, democratic freedoms, equality among ethnic groups, and between men and women"
  • december 9th, 1946, part of a speech by Ho Chi Men:
    • "We would rather sacrifice all than lose our independence and be enslaved. All of you, men and women, young and old, what ever your region, ethnic origin, or political opinion, arise to struggle against French colonialism and save the homeland."