Vietnams history can be divided into three main periods:
Northern Kingdoms domination (208 BC-939 AD): this period lasted 1,000 years and was fiercest period in Vietnams history.
National construction and struggle for independence (939-1945): this period was a brilliant era. It was marked by many glorious victory against the aggressors
French, American war, National independence and socialism (1945 until nowadays): the revolution succeeded in August 1945 under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese Communist Party. The country proclaimed its independence on September 2, a date that later became Vietnams National Day. During the following 30 years, Vietnamese continued to resist and protect their independence. Vietnam has been unified since the great victory over the Americans in spring 1975. The Socialist Republic of the Vietnam was proclaimed