History Vietnam

 Historical dates

207 BC: Foundation of Nam Viet
111BC: Annexing of Nam Viet by the Han
40-43 BC: Revolt by the Trung sisters. Direct Chinese administration.
544-602 AD: Introduction of Buddism
938: Victory of Ngo Quyen over the Chinese. Foundation of the Dai Co Viet kingdom.
968-980: Dinh dynasty
980-1009: Le Dynasty (first)
1010-1225: Ly Dynasty
1226-1400: Tran dynasty
1258: first mongol invasion
1406: Ming invasion
1418: Uprising of Le Loi against the invader Ming
1427: Defeat of Ming by Le Loi
1428-1788: Later Le dynasty, the longest-ruling dynasty of Vietnam
17th century: First Catholic missionaries
1802-1945: Nguyen dynasty
1858: Da Nang taken by the French
1867: Cochine becomes French colony
1883: Tonkin and Annam become French protectorates
1887: Indochinese union
1940: Japan invades Indochina
1945: Ho Chi Minh declares independence from Vietnam and founds the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The French reoccupy the South. Emperor Bao Dai abdicates.
1946: France goes to war against Viet-minh.
1954: French defeat at Dien-Bien-Phu.
1955: Geneva agreements. Separation of North and South Vietnam at the 17th Parallel.
1964-1975: America goes to war with Vietnam.
1968: North-Vietnamese offensive during Tet.
1969: Death of Ho Chi Minh.
1975: Viet-Cong takes Saigon.
1976: Reunification of North and South. Viet Nam is re-named Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
1978: Vietnam invades Cambodia.
1987: Vietnam opens to tourists.
1989: Vietnam removes troops from Cambodia.
1994: End of American embargo.
1995: The country is admitted to the Association of South-East Asian nations.
1996: Campaign against foreign influences.
June 1996: 8th congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party, no political reform.
1997: Official visit of French president Jaques Chirac during the 7th Francophone summit. France, as the first non-asian investor, develops long-lasting links with Vietnam.
The National Parliament elects Vice prime-minister Tran Duc Luong as president of the Socialist republic.
2000: official visit of President Bill Clinton.
Feburary 2001: Official visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
April 2001: 9th congress of the Vietnamese Communist party. Bilateral trade agreement with the US enters into force.
May 2002: legislative elections. New national Parliament sees out the President of the Republic.
October 2002: State visit to France of President Tran Duc Luong, first visit of a Vietnamese head of state to France since beginning diplomatic relations in 1973.
2004: Vietnam organises the 5th Europe-Asia summet at Hanoi. Elsewhere, Vietnamese dipomacy banked on acession to the WTO at the end of 2006.
2006: National Congress of the Communist Party in April. June 27, Election of new President Triet Nguyen Linh. November 7, Vietnam joins the World Trade Organization.
2008: April 18, Launching in Kourou (French Guiana) of VINASAT-1, Vietnam's first satellite put into orbit.
2010: Hanoi celebrates its 1000 year anniversary.