Abstract

On July 21, 1954, the Geneva Accords on Indochina was signed in Geneva, Switzerland, ending the Vietnamese people's long-term resistance war against the French colonialists, completely liberating North Vietnam, opening a new phase of the Vietnamese revolution with the aim of reunifying the country. The signing of the Geneva Accords on Indochina confirmed the first international legal recognition of the three Indochina countries signed and recognized by the major countries attending the Conference. In particular, for Vietnam, this is also the first time that major countries have had to recognize Vietnam's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, creating a very important premise and legal basis for Vietnam to continue its struggle against the intervention and aggression of the US imperialists.

Many foreign and Vietnamese scholars have researched and published many works in the form of books and articles from different perspectives and approaches regarding the Geneva Conference and Accords on Indochina. In this article, the author approaches from the perspective of a researcher about the two wars against France and the US of the Vietnamese people on the basis of accessing published domestic and international open sources with the hope of clarifying three issues: 1. Analyzing and clarifying the international context at the time of the Geneva Conference on Indochina; 2. Clarifying strategic intentions and purposes of major countries attending the Geneva Conference on Indochina; 3. Clarifying the position of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam towards the Geneva Conference on the restoration of peace in Indochina.