The meaning of this statement is crystal clear. It applies without ambiguity to French Indo-China, which both technically and in practice was, and is, considered a French possession. But the people of ...

He chose Ho Chi Minh City, then known as Saigon, as his departure point because it served as the gateway to the southern Vietnamese region and hosted numerous large shipping companies operating the ...

France has a number of specific interests in the Pacific: Indo-China (including the leased territory of Kwangchowan); large investments throughout China; and numerous island possessions in the South ...

Chestnuts are popular in autumn in France. (Photo by PHILIPPE DESMAZES / AFP) From maps that explain French habits like smoking and kissing to tips for avoiding offending the food gods in France ...

In the summer of 1876, rebel French poet Arthur Rimbaud arrived on the Indonesian island of Java, enlisting in the colonial ...

Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. The European Union and France will support cognac makers — potentially with financial aid — that have been targeted ...

Note FIRST only. A single sheet from the Vietnam/Indochina 1:50 000 topographical map series (L701) covering the area around the northern Vietnamese city of Thanh Hoa, capital of Thanh Hoa province.

China has unveiled an ambitious road map to surpass the United States and become the world leader in space science by 2050. The national development programme for space science was released on ...

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA), opens new tab is planning to buy a 50% stake in the leasing unit of Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (601238.SS), opens new tab (GAC ...

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled the country’s new government Saturday, seeking to end months of political uncertainty, if not the accompanying acrimony. Barnier’s newly named ...

France's government is to deliver its 2025 budget on Thursday with plans for 60 billion euros ($65.68 billion) worth of tax hikes and spending cuts to tackle a spiralling fiscal deficit.

The French presidential palace unveiled a new centre-right government Saturday, more than two months after elections that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions as France ...