Nam Viet

According to historical records from various sources, from the Qin Dynasty in ancient China, the term Nam Viet, aka Nan Yue, includes the territories of many commanderies in Southern China, including Su, Wu and Viet, of which the Min Viet Au Viet and Lac Viet, might be the most prominent of the so-called Ba ̣(hundred)Yue ethnic groups in the feudal system, most concentrated in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi and Northern Vietnam today. After many military and political events, these commandaries were unified by the Qin general Zhao Tuo, aka Triệu Đà in Vietnamese language, declared himself the emperor of a new kingdom of the South, Nan Yue, aka Nam Viet in Vietnamese, and adopted the Han culture.. Afterwards, the Nan Yue was submitted to the Han dynasty by Zhao Tuo’s descendants.  After about 1000 years under the Han domination, in 938, the Luo Yue, aka Lac Viet, a commandary situated in the Hong River delta, gained independence and named the country as the Great Viet, aka Đai Cồ Việt.  After several dynasties and during the French colonization, Việt Nam was used by the Nguyen dynasty, then the Republic of Vietnam, which in 1975 was reunified with its northern half, and changed to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It is noted that the term Nam Viet was not accepted by the Chinese government as it referred to the Nan Yue that no longer applies in the context of a much smaller estate than before.