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ARTICLES RELATED TO History of Vietnam - Early Independence |  |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Early IndependenceThe Vietnamese threw off Chinese domination in 938 AD. At the battle on the Bạch Đằng River in North Vietnam, Ngô Quyền defeated the Southern Han's navy and established the Ngô dynasty.
After Ngô Quyền's death, a power struggle ensued between his family members and generals, and the kingdom fell into disorder. A civil war broke out among the Twelve Warlords (12 Sứ quân) and lasted for two decades. One of the warlords, Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, defeated the others and set up the Đinh dynasty. He is referred to as Đinh Tiên Hoàng (Đinh the Previous Emperor) ...
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 |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Dynastic PeriodWhen the Lê emperor Lê Long Đĩnh died in his twenties, a court general named Lý Công Uẩn took the chance to take over the throne and founded the Lý dynasty. This event is regarded as the beginning of a golden era in Vietnamese history, with great dynasties following one another. Lý Công Uẩn (commonly called Lý Thái Tổ - Lý the Founding Emperor) changed the country's name to Đại Việt, established the capital in present-day Hanoi and called it Thăng Long (Ascending Dragon) under the pretext of seeing a dragon when he wa ...
See also:History of Vietnam, History of Vietnam - Origins, History of Vietnam - Early Independence, History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period, History of Vietnam - The Changing Names, History of Vietnam - Colonization, History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period, History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification, History of Vietnam - Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War, History of Vietnam - 1980s, History of Vietnam - Reforms Read more here: » History of Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period |
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 |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - 1980sVietnam's third constitution, based on that of the USSR, was written in 1980.
Through the 1980s, Vietnam received nearly $3 billion a year in economic and military aid from the Soviet Union and conducted most of its trade with the USSR and other Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) countries.
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 |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and ReunificationAfter April 30th, 1975, an exodus of several hundred thousand Vietnamese fled the country either by sea or overland through Cambodia. They settled in refugee camps in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Indonesia. The lucky were picked up by US Navy ships, sent to Guam, and eventually settled in the United States, Canada, France, Australia or in various European nations. Those not as lucky were robbed, raped or killed by pirates in the South China Seas. Many lived in these makeshift refugee encampments for years. While most we ...
See also:History of Vietnam, History of Vietnam - Origins, History of Vietnam - Early Independence, History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period, History of Vietnam - The Changing Names, History of Vietnam - Colonization, History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period, History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification, History of Vietnam - Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War, History of Vietnam - 1980s, History of Vietnam - Reforms Read more here: » History of Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification |
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 |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - ColonizationFrance's involvement can be traced to Alexandre de Rhodes, a Jesuit priest who converted many Vietnamese to Catholicism in the early 1600s. Rhodes improved on earlier works by Portuguese missionaries and developed the Vietnamese romanized alphabet Quốc Ngữ. It was another priest, Pierre-Joseph Pigneaux de Béhaine, who intertwined Vietnam's and France's destinies.
By the late 1700s, Vietnam was in turmoil. A hundred years before, the posterior Lê dynasty disentegrated and two noble families partitioned the country. The Nguyễn L ...
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 |  |  | History of Vietnam - Early Independence: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - OriginsAccording to Vietnamese legends, the first Vietnamese descended from the dragon lord Lạc Long Quân and the heavenly spirit Âu Cơ. Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ had 100 sons, and the eldest one became the first in the lines of early Vietnamese line of kings, collectively known as Hùng Vương (or Brave King). Under the Hùng kings, the civilization that would later become Việt Nam was called Văn Lang. The people of Văn Lang were known as the Lạc Việt people. By the 3rd century BC, another Viet group, the Âu Việt, emigrated fro ...
See also:History of Vietnam, History of Vietnam - Origins, History of Vietnam - Early Independence, History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period, History of Vietnam - The Changing Names, History of Vietnam - Colonization, History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period, History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification, History of Vietnam - Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War, History of Vietnam - 1980s, History of Vietnam - Reforms Read more here: » History of Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Origins |
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In 1945, due to a combination of Japanese exploitation and poor weather, a famine broke out in Tonkin killing approximately 2 million. The Viet Minh arranged a massive relief effort and won over many people. In northern Vietnam, the Japanese surrendered to the Chinese Nationalists. The Viet Minh organized the "August Revolution" uprisings across the country. At the beginning of a new future, Emperor Bao Dai was happy to abdicate on August 25, 1945 and surrender his power to the Viet Minh, of which Ho Ch ...
See also:History of Vietnam, History of Vietnam - Origins, History of Vietnam - Early Independence, History of Vietnam - Dynastic Period, History of Vietnam - The Changing Names, History of Vietnam - Colonization, History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period, History of Vietnam - Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Reunification, History of Vietnam - Cambodia and the Sino-Vietnamese War, History of Vietnam - 1980s, History of Vietnam - Reforms Read more here: » History of Vietnam: Encyclopedia II - History of Vietnam - Post World War II Period |
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