It fell on the Tang, Duong (617-906) to consolidate the internal unity of China and to reassert Chinese authority over its many peripheral possessions. Giao Chau had indeed enjoyed a loose relationship with the Sui; but the Tang immediately brought drastic changes to its administrative structures. First, they divided Vietnam into numerous provinces which were then […]

The Han inaugurated in 111 BCE a long era of Chinese domination over Nan Yue which they proceeded to divide into seven prefectures: four of them located in China and three in Vietnam. Of the three administra tive units in Vietnam, two were old acquaintances: they were Giao Chi, Jiao Zhi, and Cuu Chan, Jiu […]