Empire of Vietnam

Empire of Vietnam Đế quốc Việt Nam (Vietnamese)[a] 越南帝國 (Classical Chinese[b] and Japanese[c])
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
Status	Puppet state of Imperial Japan
Capital	Thuận Hóa
Common languages	Vietnamese, Japanese
Religion	State Shinto Vietnamese folk religion Taoism Confucianism Buddhism Caodaism Hòa Hảo Hinduism Islam Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Vietnamese
Government	Absolute monarchy under Japanese occupation
Emperor
• 1945	Bảo Đại
Chief of Cabinet[d]
• 1945	Trần Trọng Kim
Historical era	World War II
• Japanese coup	9 March 1945
• Proclamation of Independence	11 March 1945
• Cabinet formed	17 April 1945
• August Revolution	19 August 1945
• Disestablished	25 August 1945
Currency	Vietnamese văn, French Indochinese piastre, Japanese military currency
Preceded by Succeeded by Annam (French protectorate) Tonkin (French protectorate) French Indochina Democratic Republic of Vietnam French Indochina
Today part of	Vietnam
^ Documents show the name as Việt-nam Đế-quốc, while in Modern Vietnamese, it would be Đế quốc Việt Nam ^ Some documents from 1945 feature the name in both Literary Chinese and Vietnamese. ^ Nowadays generally ベトナム帝国 (Betonamu Teikoku) in Japanese. ^ Head of Government Cabinet

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The Empire of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam; Literary Chinese and Contemporary Japanese: 越南帝國^[a]; Modern Japanese: ベトナム帝国, Betonamu Teikoku) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan^[1] between March 11 and August 25, 1945. It was a member of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. It was led by the Nguyễn dynasty and created when Emperor Bảo Đại declared independence for Vietnam from French protection. The empire did not recognize French colonial sovereignty over Cochinchina and at the end of its rule, the empire also successfully reclaimed Cochinchina as part of Vietnam.^[2]

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