History of Vietnam

Table columns:
Period
Country Name
Time Frame
Boundary

Table rows:
cells: 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.
cells: 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.
cells: Thục dynasty
Âu Lạc 甌雒
257–207 BC
Red River Delta and its adjoining north and west mountain regions.
cells: 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.
cells: 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.
cells: 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).
cells: 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.
cells: Eastern Wu to Liang Domination
Giao Châu (Jiaozhou) 交州
229–544
Same as above
cells: Early Lý dynasty
Vạn Xuân 萬春
544–602
Same as above
cells: Sui to Tang Domination
Giao Châu 交趾
602–679
Same as above
cells: Tang Domination
An Nam 安南
679–757
Same as above
cells: Tang Domination
Trấn Nam 鎮南
757–766
Same as above
cells: Tang Domination
An Nam 安南
766–866
Same as above
cells: 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
cells: Đinh, Early Lê and Lý dynasty
Đại Cồ Việt 大瞿越
968–1054
Same as above
cells: Lý and Trần dynasty
Đại Việt 大越
1054–1400
Southern border expanded down to present-day Huế area.
cells: Hồ dynasty
Đại Ngu 大虞
1400–1407
Same as above
cells: Ming Domination and Later Trần dynasty
Giao Chỉ 交州
1407–1427
Same as above
cells: 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.
cells: Nguyễn dynasty
Việt Nam 越南
1804–1839
Present-day Vietnam plus some occupied territories in Laos and Cambodia.
cells: Nguyễn dynasty
Đại Nam 大南
1839–1887
Same as above
cells: Nguyễn dynasty and French Protectorate
French Indochina, consisting of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam), Annam (central Vietnam), Tonkin (northern Vietnam)
1887–1945
Present-day Vietnam.
cells: 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.

Questions about this table:
originalText: what was vietnam called in the years before world war 2
answer: answerTexts: French Indochina
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: French Indochina, consisting of Cochinchina (southern Vietnam), Annam (central Vietnam), Tonkin (northern Vietnam)
answerTexts: French Indochina