A little about Vietnamese History – Vietnamese culture

Vietnam culture

Vietnamese Puppets

Vietnam culture now today is mainly the interference between local culture and Chinese, India and France culture.
Besides, Vietnamese culture is characterized by three northern, central and south with 3 major groups: Vietnamese, Champa and Khmer.
Find out about Vietnam culture you will find almost everything revolves around the aforementioned the cultures.

Vietnam History

Vietnamese history is quite long. This country has gone through different dynasties and changed name many times. And, the name Vietnam originated in 1803 when envoys from the newly founded Nguyen dynasty traveled to Beijing to make diplomatic relations with the Chinese court. The new emperor had chosen the name Nam Viet for his kingdom. The word “Viet”  was derived from the traditional name for the Vietnamese imperial domain and its people in what is now northern and central of Vietnam. Nam(south) had been added to acknowledge the expansion of the dynasty’s domain into lands to the south. The Chinese protested to this new name because it was the same as an ancient state that had rebelled against Chinese rule. Therefore, They changed it to Viet Nam. Vietnamese officials resented the change and it did not attain public acceptance until the late 1800s.

The first Declaration of Independence of Vietnam

This is the poem: ” Nam quốc Sơn hà” – “south country” mean Vietnam, because Vietnam is south to China. This poem is assert sovereignty about Vietnam’s Independent.

Today, we still do not know who its author is. But many people believe that the author is general Ly Thuong Kiet under the Ly dynasty. He read this poem in Battle on Như Nguyệt river against the Tong’s soldiers.