THE HISTORY OF VIETNAM, IN YOUR HAND
Long Ký
A thousand years of Vietnamese history. Read, explore and learn era by era, with every source in plain view.
Under every street name lies a thousand years.
You pass Trần Hưng Đạo, Lê Lợi and Hai Bà Trưng every day. The map tells you who they were.
- 287 street names
- 312 figures
Nine years of resistance, one Điện Biên Phủ.
From 1945 to 1954, the resistance against France ended in victory at Điện Biên Phủ.
Spring 1789: cloth robes and peach-red banners.
Quang Trung leads the Tây Sơn army north and routs the Qing army in the first days of spring.
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The Bạch Đằng River, fire upon the water.
In 1288 the Trần army destroyed the invading fleet on the Bạch Đằng River.
1010: the dragon rises over Thăng Long.
Lý Thái Tổ moves the capital to Thăng Long, opening nearly two centuries of the Lý.
A thousand years of dominion, and of risings.
More than a thousand years, and risings one after another, until Bạch Đằng in 938.
The dawn of a nation.
From Kinh Dương Vương to An Dương Vương, from legend to what the ground has kept. Long Ký begins here.
FROM THE BEGINNING
Now, start from the beginning.
Long Ký opens at Hồng Bàng and walks forward to today. Free, no ads. If you like it, buy Long Ký a cup of tea.
- 38 eras
- 249 events
- 312 figures
- 287 street names
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