Listen to Vietnamese history, one layer at a time.

Our people must know our own history,so as to know clearly the roots of our country, Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh, Lich su nuoc ta, 1942

Contents

18 episodes · 4 eras

Era I · 1 episode

Prehistory

The long stretch before writing reached what is now Vietnam, known only through what archaeology has dug up.

  1. Episode 1The First People on Vietnamese Soil8 min

Era II · 11 episode

Hong Bang and Van Lang

The legendary opening of Vietnamese history, from the Hong Bang clan to the Van Lang of the Hung kings — known through stories and excavated objects, not through contemporary records.

  1. Episode 1Lac Long Quan and Au Co9 min
  2. Episode 2Kinh Duong Vuong and the Line of Than Nong10 min
  3. Episode 3The Eighteen Hung Kings and the Kingdom of Van Lang8 min
  4. Episode 4The Hung Kings' Commemoration: From Village Festival to National Rite12 min
  5. Episode 5From Pottery to Bronze: Phung Nguyen, Dong Dau, Go Mun8 min
  6. Episode 6The Dong Son Culture9 min
  7. Episode 7The Dong Son Bronze Drums14 min
  8. Episode 8Thanh Giong and the Yin Invaders7 min
  9. Episode 9Son Tinh and Thuy Tinh8 min
  10. Episode 10The rice cakes and Lang Lieu9 min
  11. Episode 11Chu Dong Tu and Mai An Tiem14 min

Era III · 4 episode

Au Lac

The first stretch of Vietnamese history whose place names and people can be matched against contemporary Chinese records — from the Qin campaign into the south to the fall of Au Lac to Trieu Da.

  1. Episode 1The Qin armies come south15 min
  2. Episode 2Thuc Phan and the country of Au Lac10 min
  3. Episode 3The Co Loa citadel8 min
  4. Episode 4The magic crossbow, My Chau and Trong Thuy11 min

Era IV · 2 episode

Nam Viet

The kingdom a Qin official founded in Lingnan after the Qin collapsed; it lasted five reigns before the Han destroyed it. Where the Vietnamese histories should place it is a question their historians argued over for seven hundred years.

  1. Episode 1Trieu Da takes Au Lac9 min
  2. Episode 2Trieu Da founds Nam Viet8 min