LOL...are we now in a history teaching class?
Vietnam has many names in the long history, more than 2 dozens. The term "Việt" is cognate with the Chinese word "Yue", a name applied in ancient times to various non-Chinese groups who lived in what is now southern China and northern Vietnam.
28792524 BC Xích Quỷ
2524258 BC Văn Lang
257207 BC Âu Lạc
207111 BC Nam Việt
111 BC39 AD Giao Chỉ
4043 Lĩnh Nam
43299 Giao Chỉ
299544 Giao Châu
544602 Vạn Xuân
602679 Giao Châu
679757 An Nam
757766 Trấn Nam
766866 An Nam
866967 Tĩnh Hải quân
9681054 Đại Cồ Việt
10541400 Đại Việt
14001407 Đại Ngu
14071427 Giao Chỉ
14281804 Đại Việt
18041839 Việt Nam
18391887 Đại Nam
18871945 French Indochina (Tonkin, Annam, & Cochinchina)
from 1945 Việt Nam
Actually at the beginning of 1800 century the Nguyen Emperor wanted to name the country as "Nam Viet", but China opposed it because it feared Vietnam could claim South of China.
Nam-Viet 200bc
It's wrong to claim Nam Viet as part of your history. It was purely Chinese kindom in South China, and later they extended their territory into present day Vietnam. You could play around your first thousand years being Chinese and the second thousand years under Chinese, funny isn't it?
LOL...are we now in a history teaching class?
Vietnam has many names in the long history, more than 2 dozens. The term "Việt" is cognate with the Chinese word "Yue", a name applied in ancient times to various non-Chinese groups who lived in what is now southern China and northern Vietnam.
28792524 BC Xích Quỷ
2524258 BC Văn Lang
257207 BC Âu Lạc
207111 BC Nam Việt
111 BC39 AD Giao Chỉ
4043 Lĩnh Nam
43299 Giao Chỉ
299544 Giao Châu
544602 Vạn Xuân
602679 Giao Châu
679757 An Nam
757766 Trấn Nam
766866 An Nam
866967 Tĩnh Hải quân
9681054 Đại Cồ Việt
10541400 Đại Việt
14001407 Đại Ngu
14071427 Giao Chỉ
14281804 Đại Việt
18041839 Việt Nam
18391887 Đại Nam
18871945 French Indochina (Tonkin, Annam, & Cochinchina)
from 1945 Việt Nam
Actually at the beginning of 1800 century the Nguyen Emperor wanted to name the country as "Nam Viet", but China opposed it because it feared Vietnam could claim South of China.
Nam-Viet 200bc
It's wrong to claim Nam Viet as part of your history. It was purely Chinese kindom in South China, and later they extended their territory into present day Vietnam. You could play around your first thousand years being Chinese and the second thousand years under Chinese, funny isn't it?