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