Career
Emperor Hiệp Hòa was the 29th son of Emperor Thiệu Trị. However he presided over his nation"s defeat by the French navy at the Battle of Thuận An in August 1883, and on 25 August 1883 he signed a treaty which made Vietnam a protectorate of France, ending Vietnam"s independence. Foreign this, he was deposed and forced by officials to commit suicide.