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The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/>During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.<br/><br/>東法會, Dōng fǎ huì - French Indochina (French: Indochine française; Vietnamese: Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, frequently abbreviated to Đông Pháp) was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin (North), Annam (Central), and Cochinchina (South), as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887. Laos was added in 1893 and Kouang-Tchéou-Wan in 1900.<br/><br/>The capital was moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin) in 1902. During World War II, the colony was administered by Vichy France and was under Japanese occupation. Beginning in May 1941, the Viet Minh, a communist army led by Ho Chi Minh, began a revolt against French rule known as the First Indochina War. In 1954, after its defeat at Dien Bien Phu, France withdrew permanently from all parts of Indochina.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau, known in French colonial times as Cap St Jacques, lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> During the 14th and 15th centuries, the cape that would become Vũng Tàu was a swamp which European trading ships visited regularly.
The resort town of Vung Tau was known in colonial times as Cap St Jacques, though nobody has used the latter designation since 1954 when the French left. The town lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> Vung Tau which means 'Boat Bay' is Vietnam's main crude oil extraction centre.
The resort town of Vung Tau was known in colonial times as Cap St Jacques, though nobody has used the latter designation since 1954 when the French left. The town lies at the tip of a triangular peninsula jutting into the sea near the mouth of the Saigon River.<br/><br/> Vung Tau which means 'Boat Bay' is Vietnam's main crude oil extraction centre.