Talk:Economy of the Nguyễn dynasty until 1884

French Cochinchina

Merchant ships arrive the dock of French Saigon - 1866, yeah, in Saigon, that wasn't a part of Vietnam in 1866.

@Laska666:, alright, if you want to create a specific article about the economy of the "Nhà Nguyễn thời độc lập" (茹阮𥱯獨立) period fine, but why include French Cochinchina in this? French Cochinchina was a French colony and during its entire existence wasn't ruled by Huế. You include the Gia Định Báo as "the first Vietnamese magazine and newspaper", but French Cochinchina wasn't a part of "Vietnam" in 1865. Furthermore, the article includes "French investors reconstructed the infrastructures in Saigon and Cholon. Tramline connecting two cities and the first railway connecting Saigon-My Tho was opened in 1881.", literally none of those places were in the Nguyễn Dynasty. --Donald Trung (talk) 19:19, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

For clarification, the Vietnamese-language Wikipedia's article starts with "Kinh tế Việt Nam thời nhà Nguyễn phản ánh kết quả hoạt động của các ngành nông nghiệp, thủ công nghiệp và thương mại Việt Nam dưới sự cai trị của nhà Nguyễn thời kỳ còn độc lập (1802-1884) (giai đoạn kinh tế tiếp theo được phản ánh trong bài Kinh tế Việt Nam thời Pháp thuộc).", this literally implies that it is about "the independent period of the Nguyễn", there is no implication of state extinction after 1884, just that in periodisation the economy after this year is treated in an "Economy of French Indochina" article (a literal translation would be "Economy of Vietnam during the French domination"). This is just to show how different these two articles read. --Donald Trung (talk) 19:34, 6 August 2021 (UTC)