Today in Labor History February 10, 1930: The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launched the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French control. Vietnamese soldiers in the French colonial army mutinied in collaboration with civilian supporters. They hoped to inspire a wider uprising among the general populace to overthrow the colonial regime and establish independence. No one knows how many died in the fighting. However, the French colonial authorities executed 13 leaders of the mutiny.