History of Vietnam
Changing names
For the most part of its history, the geographical boundary of present-day Vietnam covered 3 ethnically distinct states: a Vietnamese state, a Cham state, and a part of the Khmer Empire.

History of Vietnam

Section Title: Changing names
Table Section Text: For the most part of its history, the geographical boundary of present-day Vietnam covered 3 ethnically distinct states: a Vietnamese state, a Cham state, and a part of the Khmer Empire.

Period	Country Name	Time Frame	Boundary

Hồng Bàng dynasty	Xích Quỷ 赤鬼	2879–2524 BC	Stretching from Dongting Lake (Hunan) to the southernmost area now called Quảng Trị, including the Guangxi and Guangdong provinces of China.

Hồng Bàng dynasty	Văn Lang 文郎	2524–258 BC	Territory reduced to modern Northern Vietnam including the three modern provinces of Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh. The Red River Delta is the home of the Lạc Việt culture.

Thục dynasty	Âu Lạc 甌雒	257–207 BC	Red River Delta and its adjoining north and west mountain regions.

Triệu dynasty	Nam Việt 南越	207–111 BC	North and north-central of Vietnam (southern border expanded down to the Hoành Sơn Range), Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Han Domination	Giao Chỉ (Jiaozhi) 交趾	111 BC – 39 AD	Present-day north and north-central of Vietnam (southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta), Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Trưng Sisters	Lĩnh Nam 嶺南	40–43	Present-day north and north-central of Vietnam (southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta).

Han to Eastern Wu Domination	Giao Chỉ 交趾	43–229	Present-day north and north-central of Vietnam (southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta), Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Eastern Wu to Liang Domination	Giao Châu (Jiaozhou) 交州	229–544	Same as above

Early Lý dynasty	Vạn Xuân 萬春	544–602	Same as above

Sui to Tang Domination	Giao Châu 交趾	602–679	Same as above

Tang Domination	An Nam 安南	679–757	Same as above

Tang Domination	Trấn Nam 鎮南	757–766	Same as above

Tang Domination	An Nam 安南	766–866	Same as above

Tang Domination, Autonomy (Khúc clan, Dương Đình Nghệ, and Kiều Công Tiễn), Ngô dynasty	Tĩnh Hải quân 静海军	866–967	Same as above

Đinh, Early Lê and Lý dynasty	Đại Cồ Việt 大瞿越	968–1054	Same as above

Lý and Trần dynasty	Đại Việt 大越	1054–1400	Southern border expanded down to present-day Huế area.

Hồ dynasty	Đại Ngu 大虞	1400–1407	Same as above

Ming Domination and Later Trần dynasty	Giao Chỉ 交州	1407–1427	Same as above

Lê, Mạc, Trịnh–Nguyễn lords, Tây Sơn dynasty, Nguyễn dynasty	Đại Việt	1428–1804 大越	Gradually expanded to the boundary of present-day Vietnam.

Nguyễn dynasty	Việt Nam 越南	1804–1839	Present-day Vietnam plus some occupied territories in Laos and Cambodia.

Nguyễn dynasty	Đại Nam 大南	1839–1887	Same as above

Nguyễn dynasty and French Protectorate	French Indochina, consisting of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam), Annam (central Vietnam), Tonkin (northern Vietnam)	1887–1945	Present-day Vietnam.

Republican Era	Việt Nam (with variances such as Democratic Republic, State of Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Socialist Republic)	Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1976 in North Vietnam), State of Vietnam (1949–1955), Republic of Vietnam (1955–1975 in South Vietnam), Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)	Present-day Vietnam.

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The Early Lý dynasty ruled Vạn Xuân from 544 to 602.

final_sentence: The Early Lý dynasty ruled Vạn Xuân from 544 to 602.