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Tự Đức

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📍 Vietnam

Tự Đức

Gender: Male

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Treaty of Saigon cedes southern territory to France

📅 5 June 1862

After military defeats, the Nguyễn court signed a treaty ceding three southern provinces and Saigon to France and opening ports to French trade. It formalized a major loss of Vietnamese sovereignty.