Yên Bái mutiny

Yên Bái mutiny
	; The flag of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Army, used until 1947, was red and yellow: red, to represent its struggle; yellow, to stand for the Vietnamese nation.
Date	10 February 1930
Location	Yên Bái, French Indochina
Result	French victory. Uprising crushed; VNQDĐ severely damaged by deaths and arrests, jailings and executions by French authorities
Belligerents
VNQDĐ	France Indochina;
Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Thái Học	Resident Massimi; Commandant Le Tacon
Strength
~100	~600
Casualties and losses
Unknown number of casualties; 13 were later executed	2 French officers and 3 French NCOs dead; 3 French NCOs wounded; Unknown number of casualties among Vietnamese soldiers in the French army

The Yên Bái mutiny (Vietnamese: Tổng khởi-nghĩa Yên-báy, "Yên Bái general uprising") was an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army on 10 February 1930. This took place in collaboration with civilian supporters who were members of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (VNQDĐ, the Vietnamese Nationalist Party).

The aim of the revolt was to inspire a wider uprising among the general populace in an attempt to overthrow the colonial regime and establish independence. The VNQDĐ had previously attempted to engage in clandestine activities to undermine French rule, but increasing French scrutiny on their activities led to their leadership group taking the risk of staging a large scale military attack in the Red River Delta in northern Vietnam.

Shortly after midnight on 10 February, about 50 Vietnamese soldiers (Tirailleurs indochinois) of the 4th Regiment of Tonkinese Rifles within the Yên Bái garrison turned on their French officers with assistance from about 60 civilian VNQDĐ members who invaded the camp from the outside. The mutiny failed within 24 hours when the majority of the Vietnamese soldiers in the garrison refused to participate and remained loyal to the colonial army. Further sporadic attacks occurred across the Delta region, with little impact. French retribution to the attack was swift and decisive. The main leaders of the VNQDĐ were arrested, tried and put to death, effectively ending the military threat of what was previously the leading Vietnamese nationalist revolutionary organisation.

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