Empire of Vietnam

Empire of Vietnam
*Đế quốc Việt Nam* (Vietnamese)
越南帝國 (Classical Chinese and Japanese)
Empire of Vietnam Đế quốc Việt Nam (Vietnamese); 越南帝國 (Classical Chinese and Japanese)
1945
	Left:; Civil Flag (Before June 12); Right:; State flag (June 12–August 30, 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; "Viet Nam, the Pearl in the Eastern Sky"
	Imperial seal; Hoàng Đế chi bảo; 皇帝之寶;
	The Empire of Vietnam under Japanese administration Red: Vietnam (1945); Pink: under direct control of Empire of Japan.
Status	Puppet state of Imperial Japan
Capital	Thuận Hóa
Common languages	Vietnamese, Japanese
Religion	Shinto; Folk religion; Taoism; Confucianism; Buddhism; Caodaism; Hòa Hảo; Catholicism; Hinduism; Islam
Demonym	Vietnamese
Government	Absolute monarchy under military occupation
Emperor
• 1945	Bảo Đại
Chief of Cabinet
• 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	16 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
Chinese occupation of northern Vietnam, 1945–1946
Today part of	Vietnam

The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan between March 11 and August 25, 1945. It was a member of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. It was ruled by the Nguyễn dynasty and created when Emperor Bảo Đại declared independence for Vietnam (Tonkin and Annam) from French protection. At the end of its existence, on 14 August 1945, the empire also successfully reclaimed Cochinchina as part of Vietnam.