Empire of Vietnam

The Empire of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam; Literary Chinese and Contemporary Japanese: 越南帝國; Modern Japanese: ベトナム帝国, Betonamu Teikoku) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan governing the former French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin between March 11 and August 25, 1945. At the end of its rule, the empire also successfully reclaimed Cochinchina as part of Vietnam.

Empire of Vietnam
Đế quốc Việt Nam (Vietnamese)
越南帝國 (Classical Chinese and Japanese)
1945
Flag before and after 12 June 1945
Motto: Dân vi quý
民為貴
"The people are the most precious"
Anthem: Đăng đàn cung
"The Emperor Mounts His Throne"

Việt Nam minh châu trời Đông
"Vietnam – Pearl of the Orient"
Imperial seal
Hoàng Đế chi bảo
皇帝之寶
Dark green: Empire of Vietnam
Light green: Nominally part of the Empire but under direct Japanese control
StatusPuppet state of the Empire of Japan
CapitalThuận Hóa
Common languagesVietnamese, Japanese
Religion
State Shinto
Vietnamese folk religion
Taoism
Confucianism
Buddhism
Caodaism
Hòa Hảo
Hinduism
Islam
Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)Vietnamese
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy under Japanese occupation
Emperor 
• 1945
Bảo Đại
Chief of Cabinet 
• 1945
Trần Trọng Kim
Historical eraWorld War II
9 March 1945
• Proclamation of Independence
11 March 1945
• Cabinet formed
17 April 1945
19 August 1945
25 August 1945
CurrencyVietnamese văn, French Indochinese piastre, Japanese military currency
ISO 3166 codeVN
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Annam (French protectorate)
Tonkin (French protectorate)
French Indochina
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
French Indochina
  1. Documents show the name as Việt-nam Đế-quốc, while in Modern Vietnamese, it would be Đế quốc Việt Nam
  2. Some documents from 1945 feature the name in both Literary Chinese and Vietnamese.
  3. Nowadays generally ベトナム帝国 (Betonamu Teikoku) in Japanese.
  4. Head of Government Cabinet
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History of Vietnam
Prehistoric
Paleolithic
Sơn Vi culture 20,000 BC–12,000 BC
Mesolithic
Hoabinhian 12,000 BC–10,000 BC
Neolithic
Bắc Sơn culture 10,000 BC–8,000 BC
Quỳnh Văn culture 8,000 BC–6,000 BC
Đa Bút culture 4,000 BC–3,000 BC
Ancient
Hồng Bàng dynasty 2879 BC–258 BC
Thục dynasty 257 BC–179 BC
Triệu dynasty 204 BC–111 BC
Dominated
1st Chinese domination 111 BC–40 AD
Trung sisters' rebellion 40–43
2nd Chinese domination 43–544
Early Lý dynasty544–602
3rd Chinese domination602–938
Dynastic
Ngô dynasty 939–965
Anarchy of the 12 Warlords 965–968
Đinh dynasty 968–980
Early Lê dynasty 980–1009
Later Lý dynasty 1009–1225
Trần dynasty 1225–1400
Hồ dynasty 1400–1407
4th Chinese domination 1407–1427
Later Lê dynasty 1428–1527
Mạc dynasty 1527–1592
Later Lê Restoration 1533–1789
Tây Sơn dynasty 1778–1802
Nguyễn dynasty 1802–1945
Colonial
French Cochinchina 1862–1945 / 1945–1949
French Annam 1883–1945 / 1945–1948
French Tonkin 1883–1945 / 1946–1948
French Indochina 1887–1945 / 1945–1954
Empire of Vietnam 1945
Republic
North Vietnam
(Democratic Republic of Vietnam)		 1945–1976
Provisional Central Government 1948–1949
State of Vietnam 1949–1955
North–South division 1954–1976
South Vietnam
(Republic of Vietnam)		 1955–1975
Provisional Revolutionary Government
(Republic of South Vietnam)		 1969–1976
Socialist Republic of Vietnam1976–present
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