In this place we do not want to give a deepgoing account on the history of Vietnam in all its aspects, like event history, history of literature, arts, thought and philosophy or the history of society and customs. Instead, this part of chinaknowledge.de is only a chronologically arranged overview of the most important events and trends in the history of this neighbour of China. Pre-history and the early states Chinese colonialism First native dynasties: Ngô, Đinh, Former Lê and Later Lý Trần and Lê periods Le, Mac and TrinhXXXX Nguyễn period French colonialism Vietnam 1945-1975 Vietnam since 1975