Vietnam History

By mary
  • 200

    Trung Sisters

    Trung Sisters
    The Trung sisters launched a movement to conquer the Chinese after 1,000 years of being under their rule. Although they were not successful, this inspired many other movements to tstand up to the Chinese.
  • 330

    Chu Nom

    Chu Nom
    Vietnamese develop a script derived from the Chinese Indeographs, called Chu Nom. This was used by the Vietnamese until about 1918.
  • Jan 1, 700

    Rice Farming

    Rice Farming
    Rice Farmers in Vietnam improve irrigation techniques. Because of this farmers prospered and were able to purchase more fertile land.
  • Jan 1, 1009

    Ly Dynasty

    Ly Cong Uan was an orphan raised by Buddhist monks. He was said to have great leadersip, skills and knowledge. After the current king at the time died, the Buddhist monks influenced people to place him on the throne.
  • Jan 1, 1009

    The Prosperity of Buddhism

    The Prosperity of Buddhism
    Ly Con Uan, and his son Ly Phat Ma focused mainly on keeping the people happy, but most importantly the gods. Advisors of the Ly's influenced them to focus on their religion and that would make the people happy. During the Ly dynasty Buddhism prospered, due to strong leaders with good morals.
  • Jan 1, 1428

    Le Dynasty

    Le Loi, a scholar- official coming from a wealthy family, served the Chinese, until Le Loi was tired of being opressed by the Chinese rule. He started growing an anti- Chinese army and they defeated the Chinese in 1428, which was the start of the Le dynasty
  • Jan 1, 1460

    Le Thanh Tong

    Le Thanh Tong
    Le Thanh Tong, decendant of Le Loi, drastically changed and organized Vietnam after the Chinese. Le Thanh Tong reorganized the bueraucratic structure, ordered that a cencus be taken every six years, and helped peasant farmers.

  • Tay Son Rebellion

    Three brothers who grew tired of the Nguyen family, rebelled against them. They demanded social justice and redistribution of land to poor farmers.

  • French Domination

    French Domination
    A bad time for Vietnam. The French imposed many taxes on food, salt, and many more. The French made it very difficult for farmers and left 57 percent of farmers landless.

  • Viet Nam War

    Viet Nam War
    War fought between North, and South Vietnam, that involved many other countries. There were many deaths, this was a long and grousome war.

  • Problems in the Current Day

    Problems in the Current Day
    Major flooding killed over 300 people, and over 200 million dollars of repairs. Also Vietnam is still struck by severe poverty and hunger.