French Indochina (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

French Indochina (French: Indochine française) is the designation for the federation of French colonies and protectorates in the Indochina Peninsula that being a part of French colonial empire between 1887 and 1954. The federation, that was formed in 1887, consisted of three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin (North), Annam (Central), and Cochinchina (South), as well as Cambodia. Laos was added in 1893 and Kouang-Tchéou-Wan in 1900. The capital was moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin) in 1902 and again to Da Lat (Annam) in 1939 until 1945, when it moved back to Hanoi.