Periods

Offical names of the nation

Reigns & Regimes

Prehistory

Before year 258 before J.C

Van Lang Kingdom

18 Hung kings (legends)

258 to 111 before J.C

Au Lac Kingdom

An Duong Vuong King

111 before J.C until 937 after J.C

Chinese Domination

the dynasties Han, Tang

National independence and feudality

938 – 967

Van Xuan

Ngo dynasty

968 – 980

Dai Co Viet

Dinh dynasty

980 – 1009

Dai Co Viet

Anterior Le dynasty

1009 – 1225

Dai Viet

Ly dynasty

1225 – 1400

Dai Viet

Tran dynasty

1400 – 1407

Dai Ngu

Ho dynasty

1407 - 1776

Dai Viet

Posterior Le dynasty

1776 – 1792

Dai Viet

Tay Son dynasty

1792 – 1945

Dai Nam, Viet Nam

Nguyen dynasty

From 1945

Viet Nam

Communist Party

French protectorate

1858

Landing in Da Nang

1867

Colonization of Cochinchine (the Southern)

1883

Colonization of Annam & Tonkin (the Central& the Northern)

1945

Independence of the Vietnam & Indochina War

1954

Fall of Dien Bien Phu

American intervention

1956

Establishment of the Southern government without election

1968

General offensive of Tet, conference of Paris

1973

Withdrawal of the Americans from Vietnam

1975

VietCong put the final point at the Southern government

Reunification of Vietnam

1975 – 1985

Communism, influences of the Soviet Union

1986

Policy of renovation

1994

End of the American embargo

From 1994

In development, open-market economy