The Empire of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đế quốc Việt Nam or Việt Nam Đế quốc; Chinese: 越南帝国) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan governing the whole of Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.
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