Category: Colonial Legal Foundations

Type: Formal colonial institutionalization Parties: French Republic – Nguyen Dynasty (nominal sovereignty) Date: 1884 Territorial Scope: Cochinchina (Nam Ky) Key Content: Legal Issues: Legal Significance: Status: Data entry (preliminary)

Type: Military occupation / de facto annexation Parties: Nguyen Dynasty (Dai Nam) – French Empire Date: 1867 Territorial Scope: Vinh Long, An Giang, Ha Tien Key Content: Legal Issues: Legal Significance: Status: Data entry (preliminary)

Treaty of Saigon (1862) Type: Treaty-based territorial cession Parties: Nguyen Dynasty (Dai Nam) – French Empire Date: 5 June 1862 Territorial Scope: Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh, Dinh Tuong Key Content: Legal Issues: Legal Significance: Status: Data entry (preliminary)