explain the reasons for the popularity of 'go east movement' ?

In the first decade of the 20th century, about 300 Vietnamese students went to Japan seeking knowledge and this is known as 'go-east movement'. They chose Japan because it had acquired military supremacy in the recent war with Russia in 1907. With its strong military and policies it had successfully resisted colonisation. These Vietnamese formed the Restoration Society in Tokyo in 1908 to gain this knowledge from Japan and uniting with the Asian force and use the same in ousting the French from Vietnam. But this was not successful as many of them were sent to exile in China and Thailand and many more were deported.