https://www.sjvietnam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Resistance-war-against-France.wav In its early days, the DRVN (Democratic Republic of Viet Nam) had to deal with three major enemies: famine, illiteracy and foreign invaders. President Hồ Chí Minh and the young government took measures to educate starvation and illiteracy by launching the Golden Week, calling upon people to save the tiniest morsels of food and share food with the most [...]
https://www.sjvietnam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/French-Domination-.wav The French invasion created a big breakage in our nation’s history. It caused suffering throughout Vietnam but also brought about a new breath of air that broke down the vicious circle of the traditional agricultural society. The French invaded Vietnamese under the motto “building civilization”. They allowed Vietnamese people to access to their Western civilization and technique in order [...]
In the autumn of 1792, Emperor Quang Trung suddenly passed away. The Tây Sơn Dynasty started to decline. Taking advantage of this situation, Lord Nguyễn Phúc Khoát’s grandchild, Nguyễn Ánh (1765-1820) attacked and conquered the Tây Sơn’s citadels, establishing the Nguyễn Dynasty in 1802. Nguyễn Ánh became Emperor Gia Long, founding the imperial capital in Phú Xuân (Huế). Two [...]
https://www.sjvietnam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Tay-Son-Dynasty-.wav In late 18th century, both Đàng Ngoài and Đàng Trong fell into crisis due to their prolonged civil war. Complains from villages throughout the country turned into rebels against the governments. Historians named this period “the century of peasant-led insurrections”. The most noticeable was the Tây Sơn insurrection launched in 1771 in the Upper Tây Sơn region (present-day An [...]
