User:Nguyễn Quốc Việt/Dân Bắc Kỳ

Dân Bắc Kỳ (Tonkin People) is the term refer to Northern Vietnamese People used by Southern Vietnamese, which means a bad person (from North).

History


History of the term derives from Nguyen dynasty in 1802 - 1945, when VietNam was divided into 3 regions Tonkin (Bắc Kỳ), Annam (Trung Kỳ) and Cochinchine (Nam Kỳ).
 * Tonkin includes Bắc Ninh province, Cao Bằng province, Hà Nội, Hải Dương, Hưng Hóa, Hưng Yên, Lạng Sơn, Nam Định, Ninh Bình, Quảng Yên, Sơn Tây, Thái Nguyên, Tuyên Quang.
 * An Nam is from Nghệ An province, Hà Tĩnh province, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị to Lâm Đồng, Bình Thuận.
 * Cochinchine is divided into 6 provinces called "Nam Kỳ Lục tỉnh" (6 provinces of the South) including Phiên An province, Biên Hòa province, Định Tường province, Vĩnh Long province, An Giang province and Hà Tiên province.

In 1945, more than 1 million Northern People migrated to Southern Vietnam by Operation Passage to Freedom program.

In 1975, more than 1 million Northern People continued migrating to Southern Vietnam under the New Economic program.

During this time, the Southern People used the term "Bắc Kỳ" (Tonkin) to refer to Northern People. "Bắc 54" (Tonkin 54) refers to Northern People migrate in 1954 and "Bắc 75" (Tonkin 75) to refers to Northern People migrate in 1975 and later.

However because the differences between two regions, the Southern people was shocked when their kindness were responded by the selfishness, individualism and benefit gaining from the Northern Vietnamese People, they began to use the term "Bắc Kỳ" (Tonkin) or "Dân Bắc Kỳ" (Tonkin People) to refer to a bad (Northern) person.

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