With all due respect , i strongly reject your comment on VN. VN is not a splinter from China. and What history point of view ? I think most of the military history book as Wes Point USA, Naval Academy USA , Sandhurst Military Academy UK will disagree with your web based history view point. VN is not that big but we did make a text book worldwide best seller on Insurgency, Counter Insurgency, Urban warfare. It widely used in everywhere around the world from America, to Africa, From Middle East to South East Asia... we are a household name of hell in the 20th century...
VN is not that big of a country, but it still have 4000 years of culture, maybe we are not strong economically, but we did defeated China for 1000 years, USA, and France in the 20th century, and The Mongols as well....our language is not "chinese like" like others country in the region, we use alphabetical letter...
Not a lot of country in Asia could experience the same kind of history that VN did.
Today VN have almost 90 millions population,50 ethnics, 1 chinatown only, 90 % of population is Vietnamese, an army of 800000 man. Economically growing strong and fast despite following the communist regime.
For Fun, VN also make the title of a serie of PC Game : Viet Cong
if u want to talk about history please be correct, find some good true boring history book, dont point out some web link and conclude your ideas based on it. If we are splinter from China, we were death for a millenium, 1000 year of war against China , 1000 years of cultural resistance against the chinese culture. Once for all, we are not chinese, from biological anatomy to thinking to culture and letter....
Alcosta : if u try to install VN here is some hints
4 fav leaders are:
Chairman Ho Chi Minh
King Tran Hung Dao
General Vo Nguyen Giap
Emperor Hung
List of greats leader
General Ly Thuong Kiet (the first general in south east asia dared to attack China and victoriously occupied the Canton region)
General Tran Quoc Toan
General Vuong Tien Dung
General Ba Xo
General Dong Van Cong
President Ngo Dinh Diem
Emperor Quang Trung
Lord of South Nguyen Hoang
Lord of North Trinh Kiem
Foreign Affair Secretary Le Duc Tho (nobel prize winner)
Great Artist Nguyen Trai (500 greats artist of all time Unicef)
Great Artist Nguyen Du (500 greats artist of all time Unicef)
Great Commerce Nguyen Truong To
Great Scientist Dr Ton That Tung (invention liver operation)
Great Scientist Dr Duong Nguyet Anh (actual head of RnD weapondry of US Navy, invention of "Mother Bomb", recently used in Iraq, Afganishtan)
Great Scientist Dr Eugene Trinh (actual head of Microgravity research division, NASA)
Great Scientist General Pham Tuan (first VN astronaute, flew with Russian space shuttle)
Its town :
Ha Noi
Ho Chi Minh city (Sai Gon)
Hai Phong
Da Nang
Hue
Hoi An
Bien Hoa
Can Tho
Vung Tau
Nha Trang
Phan Thiet
Phan Rang
Vinh
Da Lat
Lang Son
if u need ay help please feel free to ask