The Guomindang’s work with Vietnamese
political parties after the war went through three periods, focusing respectively on “Vietnamese pro-China parties”, the“Vietnam Independence League” and “Bao Dai.” By reviewing the Guomindang’s postwar work with Vietnamese political parties, we can see that ideology was not the sole criterion for choosing which parties to foster. In accordance with changes in Vietnam and China’s internal situations and the international situation as a whole, it was China’s own national interests, the strengths of the various Vietnamese parties, and France’s
policy toward Vietnam that became the important factors for the Guomindang to consider in its Vietnam strategy. As far as its methods are concerned, the Guomindang’s work with Vietnamese political parties after the war was mainly
based on moral support and secretly encouraging Vietnamese parties to cooperate with each other. It refused to assist Vietnam materially. As to the effect of the policy, the
plans were comprehensive and sound on paper, but were heavily discounted in the execution. Some times this was because the Guomindang gave up its plan because of rapid changes in the situation in Vietnam, but more often the Guomindang’s self-contradictory policies, disputes between Chinese branches in Vietnam and the intensification of conflict between the CCP and Guomindang left them with unable to carry out their plans.