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Chinese domination period (1st century, BC - 10th century, AD)

Chinese domination period (1st century, BC - 10th century, AD)

In the 3rd century BC, the Han people who lived in the Yellow River basin unified China, merging the various ethnic groups who lived in southern China to the south of the Yangtze River into a centralized empire

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  • Foundation of the Nation

    Foundation of the Nation

    Metal Age (about 4,000 years ago): Vietnam existed three major cultural centers: Phung Nguyen - Dong Son (The North), Long Thanh - Sa Huynh (The Centre) and Cau Sat, Doc Chua - Dong Nai (The South)...

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  • Prehistoric Era

    Prehistoric Era

    Prehistoric Era of Vietnam include: Pre-Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age.

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  • Country's official name

    Country's official name

    At the beginning of the Bronze Age, the Viet tribe groups had settled down in the North and in the north of Central Vietnam.

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  • The Tet Offensive

    The Tet Offensive

    In mid-1967 the costs of the war mounted daily with no military victory in sight for either side. Against this background, the party leadership in Hanoi decided that the time was ripe for a general...

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  • Peace Negotiations

    Peace Negotiations

    With negotiations making little progress, the United States military commander in Saigon, General Creighton W. Abrams, who had held that post since mid-1968, requested and was given permission by...

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  • The Final Campaign

    The Final Campaign

    Although the terms of the peace agreement were less than the communists had hoped for, the accords did permit them to participate in the new government legally and recognized their right to control...

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  • The Vietnam War Resources

    The Vietnam War Resources

    Martin Kelly, editor of the American History guide on About.com, has created a good starting point for finding information on the Vietnam War that includes links to basic information such as the My...

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People

Cham ethnic group

Cham ethnic group

The Cham follow Islam and Brahmanism. Brahmanism's doctrines draw about three-fifths of the Cham population in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan Provinces

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Religion and Belief

Religion and Belief

The major religious traditions in Vietnam are Buddhism (which fuses forms of Taoism and Confusianism), Christianity (Catholicism and Protestantism), Islam, Caodaism and the Hoa Hao sect.