Explain the steps taken by the French in the field of education in Vietnam ?

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Explain the steps taken by the French in the field of education in Vietnam ? What was their motive behind this ?

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  1. (i) Building canals : The French began by building canals and draining land in the Mekong delta to increase cultivation. The vast system of irrigation works canals and earthworks built mainly with forced labour, increased rice production.

    (ii) Building of ports : To export the surplus production French built ports. These ports were used to export the rice to the international market.

    (iii) Increasing area under rice cultivation : The area under rice cultivation went up from 274,000 hectares in 1873 to 1.1 million hectares in 1900 and 2.2 million in 1930. Vietnam exported two-thirds of its rice production and by 1931 had become the third largest exporter of rice in the world.

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