| Van Lang |
under the 18 Hung or Lac-Vuong kings (500 B.C. to 257 B.C.) |
| Au Lac |
under the Thuc Dynasty (257 B.C. to 207 B.C.) |
| Nam Viet |
under the Trieu Dynasty (207B.C. to 111 B.C.) |
| Giao Chi |
under the early Chinese Han Dynasty (203 to 544) |
| Van Xuan |
under the early Ly Dynasty (544 to 603) |
| An Nam |
under the Chinese Tang Dynasty (603 to 939) |
| Dai Viet |
under the Ngo dynasty (939 to 967) |
| Dai Co Viet |
under the Dinh Dynasty and its successors (968-1054) |
| Dai Viet |
under the later Ly and Tran Dynasties (1054-1400) |
| Dai Ngu |
under the Ho Dunasty (1400-1407 |
| An Nam |
under the Tran and Chinese Ming Dynasties (1407-1428) |
| Dai Viet |
under the Le and Nguyen Dynasties (1428-1802) |
| Viet Nam |
under Emperor Gia Long in 1802. |
| Dai Nam |
under Emperor Minh-Mang in 1832 and his successors. |
| Viet Nam |
renamed in April 1945 by the National government headed by Tran Trong Kim. |
| Under the French colonial administration, North Vietnam became known as Tonkin, the Centre as Annam and the South as Cochinchina. |
