The Treaty of Saigon (
French: Traité de Saïgon,
Vietnamese: Hòa ước Nhâm Tuất, referring to the year of "Yang Water Dog" in the
sexagenary cycle) was signed on 5 June 1862 between representatives of the
French Empire and the last precolonial emperor of the
House of Nguyen, Emperor
Tự Đức. Based on the terms of the accord, Tự Đức ceded
Saigon, the island of
Poulo Condor and three southern provinces of what was to become known as
Cochinchina (
Bien Hoa,
Gia Dinh, and
Dinh Tuong) to the French. The treaty was confirmed by the
Treaty of Huế signed on 14 April 1863.[1]