Viet-Country

Vietnam was 4877 years old on April 28, 1999 (the tenth of the third lunar month) since Chinese Emperor Ti Ming's heir-designate Prince Loc Tuc came into power in the meridional territory of China in 2880 B.C. after he conceded the right to run China to his brother, Prince Ti Yi, according to Vietnam's legend. When he succeeded in grouping all the vassal states within his territory into a unified nation, Loc Tuc proclaimed...

1. Origin of the Vietnamese people Scholars have been constructing many hypotheses on the origin of the Vietnamese people. Some believed that Vietnamese belonged to a group of "Bach Viet" (one hundred clans of Viet) living in a wide region spreading from the delta of the Yang-tse kiang river to the South - south of China nowadays. One of them was the Lac Viet clan whose people practiced fishing and often went over to...

Under the Tran dynasty, the Mongolian troops attacked the Vietnamese three times, in 1257, 1284-85, and 1287-88 when Gen. Tra^`n-Hu+ng--Da.o (alias Tran Quoc Tuan) finally "tore them to shreds" on Ba.ch--Da(`ng River. The following four postings containing the descriptions of these memorable encounters are excerpted from a book titled "A Short History of Viet-Nam" by Nguye^~n-Va(n-Tha'i and Nguye^~n-Va(n-Mu+`ng, published...

A Brief History of the Tay Son Movement (1771-1802) This essay is designed as a cursory introduction to the Tay Son movement and its main phases. The focus on this essay is on broad military and political events during this period, with some description of economic and social factors that precipitated the uprising. This essay does not attempt to explore the very important, and to my mind, more interesting social and ideological...

The Vietnam war – also known as the American War in Vietnam, Indochina War and the Vietnam Conflict – took place from the year 1959 all the way through to 1975. The war ended with a North Vietnamese victory some decade and a half later. The human cost of the warin Vietnam will never fade. Over one million military personnel and over one million civilians died. The war was between North Vietnam and South Vietnam –...

Like many Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam is a country rich in history. Vietnam has played a role in modern history and ancient history alike. Many people visit the country each year to learn more about its rich past. Early in its history Vietnam was under the control of the Chinese Han Dynasty, which began in 111 A.D. There were a few attempts at revolution under the Han Dynasty, but these were not successful....