French wanted to introduce infrastructural projects in Vietnam because: (i) The objectives were to ensure regular supply of natural resources and other necessary goods. (ii) The French took up the development to make more profits. They were successful as: (i) They began to build canals and draining lands in the Mekong Delta to increase cultivation. (ii) They ensured transportation network-rails/ roads to transport goods for trade, move military garrisons and control the entire region.