Vietnam under Chinese rule or Bắc thuộc refers to four historical periods during which several portions of modern-day northern and central Vietnam were governed by successive Chinese dynasties. Vietna
A Dong Son drum
Oldest stele with Chinese characters in Vietnam, early 7th century
Inscription of the Temple of Precious Peace of Jiuzhen Commandery of the Great Sui (大隋九真 郡寶安道場之碑文), praising a Sui dynasty officer named "Governor Li" (V. Lê) for resisting the Tang dynasty, discovered in Thanh Hóa
Ritual bell (replica) cast in 798 AD bearing names (in Chinese characters) of 243 members of a Buddhist association: 135 women and 108 men in Hanoi
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 millio
Vietnam under Chinese rule
…syncretism and local autonomy. Recent research critiques the use of this history as a tool for contemporary nationalist and irredentist projects in Vietnam, China and elsewhere. The four periods of Chinese rule did not correspond to the modern borders of Vietnam, but were mainly limited to the area around…
Capture of Saigon by Charles Rigault de Genouilly on 18 February 1859
The Grand Palais built for the 1902–1903 world's fair, when Hanoi became French Indochina's capital
First Nationwide Congress of Emulation Fighters, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1952
Three US Fairchild UC-123B aircraft spraying Agent Orange during the Operation Ranch Hand as part of a herbicidal warfare operation depriving the food and vegetation cover of the Việt Cộng, c. 1962–1971