On V-J Day , September 2 , Hồ Chí Minh had proclaimed Statement in Hanoi the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( DRV ) .

The DRV ruled Control as the only civil government in all of Vietnam for a period of about 20 days , after the abdication Change_of_leadership of Emperor Bảo Đại , who had governed Control under Japanese rule .

On 23 September 1945 , with the knowledge of the British commander in Saigon , French forces overthrew Change_of_leadership the local DRV government , and declared Expressing_publicly French authority restored Recovering in Cochinchina .