eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2020-04-10 8 4 208 213 10.12691/education-8-4-3 EDUCATION2020843 article French Educational Reforms in Indochina Peninsula and the Appearance of the Western Intellectual Hierarchy in Vietnam in the Early Twentieth Century Luong Quang Hien Corresponding author: Luongquanghienhvtc@gmail.com 1 Department of Political Theory, Academy of Finance, Faculty of Political Theory, Hanoi, Vietnam Educational reforms of French colonialism in the 19th century in Indochina Peninsula aimed at the goals of dominated country¡¯s rule, through the formation of educational systems according to the degree of domination achieved by French colonialists. Consequently, in Vietnamese society, there appeared a hierarchy of western intellectuals, an elite product of history, paving the way for the development of the Vietnamese intellectual class later. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/8/4/3/education-8-4-3.pdf educational reforms French Indochina Peninsula western intellectuals Vietnam