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The Lac Viet was known for casting large Heger Type I bronze drums, cultivating paddy rice, and constructing dikes. The Lạc Việt who owned the Bronze Age Đông Sơn culture , which centered at the Red River Delta (now in northern Vietnam, in mainland Southeast Asia ), [3] are hypothesized to be the ancestors of the modern Kinh Vietnamese . [4]
The Âu Việt or Ouyue ( Chinese: 甌 越) were an ancient Tai-speaking conglomeration of Baiyue tribes living in what is today the mountainous regions of northernmost Vietnam, western Guangdong, and southern Guangxi, [1] since at least the third century BCE. They were believed to have belonged to the Tai-Kadai language group.
Founded in 257 BCE by a figure called Thục Phán ( King An Dương ), it was a merger of Nam Cương ( Âu Việt) and Văn Lang ( Lạc Việt) but succumbed to the state of Nanyue in 179 BCE, which, itself was finally conquered by the Han dynasty. [8] [9] Its capital was in Cổ Loa, present-day Hanoi, in the Red River Delta.
The word is also translated as "lost" in modern Vietnamese language, which could be a metaphor to the Vietnamese history. [7] During the Hồng Bàng dynasty , the word lạc was used as part of different terms such as Lạc Việt (Luoyue) , Lạc Vương (King of the Lạc) , Lạc hầu (Marquis of the Lạc), Lạc tướng (General of the ...
Điện Biên Phủ ( Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France. The region is a center of ethnic Thai ...
2011 (republished) Media type. 4 Hardback Volumes. Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam ( lit: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Vietnam) is a state-sponsored Vietnamese-language encyclopedia that was first published in 1995. It has four volumes consisting of 40,000 entries, the final of which was published in 2005. [1] The encyclopedia was republished ...
The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago. The first modern humans to arrive and settle in the area of modern-day Vietnam are known as the Hoabinhians, who can be traced as the ancestors of modern-day Negritos. Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely ...
Nguyễn dynasty officials wearing formal clothing during Lễ tế Nam Giao. Vietnamese clothing is the traditional style of clothing worn in Vietnam by the Vietnamese people. The traditional style has both indigenous and foreign elements due to the diverse cultural exchanges during the history of Vietnam. This all eventually led to the birth ...