The main reason why the Ho Chi Minh Trail was important to the North Vietnamese and the NLF was because it provided for vital supply lines for the Viet Cong during the war.
During the Vietnam War, the Trail was a road that passed through Laos and Cambodia and was responsible for supplying the communist army without dealing with unnecessary clashes with the capitalist troops. In addition to being an excellent terrain for the Vietnamese combat tactics especially guerrilla war, it was also used for attacks in small groups of three to ten troops, ambushing uncrowded American vehicles and platoons, often lost in the jungle.
Napoleon passed a bill called “loi concernant la division du territoire de la République et l’administration” this means that these bills modernized and redefined France’s administrative entities.
A top-down system was established, administrators were appointed. This happened also in French dominated places at the time, such as Amsterdam.
At the bottom of the power-pyramid were the communes - municipalities - they were governed by a Maire and one or two deputies. Each city also had a Police Commissioner that led the local police.
In annexed places, such as Holland, Napoleon decided to appoint locals to the administration, a general governor was appointed only to the Dutch departments and intendants assisted him.
