(i) The Tonhn Free School was started in 1907 to provide Western style of education.
(ii) The education included classes in Science, hygiene, and French.
(iii) The school wanted to introduce modernism and western customs.
(iv) The school encouraged the adoption of Western styles such as having short haircut instead of traditionally kept long hair.
(v) In school textbooks, 'Vietnamese' were represented as primitive and backward and capable only of manual labor.
