List of wars involving Vietnam
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This is a list of wars involving the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and its predecessor states.


Pre-modern


Ancient (204 BC–111 BC)

The
Han–Nanyue War The Han conquest of Nanyue was a military conflict between the Han Empire and the Nanyue kingdom in modern Guangdong, Guangxi, and Northern Vietnam. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the Han forces launched a punitive campaign against Nanyue and ...
is considered to be the first war with clear authenticity in Vietnamese history.


Dominated (111 BC–905 AD)


First and Second Chinese Domination (111 BC – 544 AD)


Early Lý Dynasty (545–602)


Third Chinese Domination (602–905)


Dynastic


Autonomous era under Khúc Family (905–938) and Ngô Dynasty (938–967)


Warlord era (944–968)


Đinh Dynasty (968–980)


Early Lê Dynasty (980–1009)


Later Lý Dynasty (1009–1225)


Trần Dynasty (1225–1400)


Hồ Dynasty (1400–1407)


Fourth Chinese Domination (1407–1427)


Later Lê Dynasty (1428–1778)


Tây Sơn Dynasty (1778–1802)


Nguyễn Dynasty (1802–1887)


Early Modern (1527–1887)

* Lê-Mạc War (1533–1677) * Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672) * Cambodian Civil War (1714–1717) * Cambodian Civil War (1747–1750) *
Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773) The Siamese–Vietnamese War (1771–1773) was a war between Siam (modern Thailand) of the Thonburi Period in the reign of King Taksin and the Nguyễn Lords of Cochinchina or Southern Vietnam. The war also involved Cambodia and the Hà Tiên p ...
* Tây Sơn rebellion (1771–1789) ** Tây Sơn–Nguyễn war (1771–1787) ** Tây Sơn–Siam war (1785) ** Tây Sơn–Trịnh war (1786) ** Tây Sơn brothers war (1787–1788) ** Qing (Chinese) intervention (1788–1789) * Second Tây Sơn–Nguyễn war (1789–1802) ** Tây Sơn–Vientiane war (1790–1791): Tây Sơn invaded the Kingdom of Vientiane. *
Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia The Vietnamese invasions of Cambodia refers to the period of History of Cambodia, Cambodian history, between 1813 and 1845, when the Post-Angkor period, Kingdom of Cambodia was invaded by the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty three times, and a brief pe ...
(1813–1845) **
Cambodian rebellion (1811–1812) The Cambodian Usurpation of 1811–1812 was when an army from Siam (Thailand) supported Ang Snguon (prince), Ang Snguon after he overthrew his brother Ang Chan II, Ang Chan; but Vietnam sent a large army to help reinstate Ang Chan at Phnom Penh. ...
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Cambodian rebellion (1820) The Cambodian rebellion of 1820, also known as Neak sel Rebellion (lit. "the holy man's rebellion"), was a Cambodian anti-Vietnamese rebellion led by a monk named Kai. In 1819, Khmer labors were forced to reconstruct the Vietnamese Vĩnh Tế Ca ...
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Lao rebellion (1826–1828) The Lao Rebellion of 1826–1828 (also known as Anouvong's Rebellion or the Vientiane-Siam War) was an attempt by King Anouvong (Xaiya Sethathirath V) of the Kingdom of Vientiane to end the suzerainty of Siam and recreate the former kingdom of ...
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Siamese–Vietnamese War (1831–1834) }, vi, Chiến tranh Việt–Xiêm (1831–1834)), also known as the Siamese-Cambodian War of 1831–1834, was sparked by a Siamese invasion force under General Bodindecha that was attempting to conquer Cambodia and southern Vietnam. After init ...
** Cambodian rebellion (1835–39) **
Cambodian rebellion (1840) The Cambodian rebellion of 1840 was a Cambodian short-lived anti-Vietnamese insurrection fought particularly heavily around Prey Veng and Ba Phnom. In 1840, the Cambodian queen Ang Mey was deposed by Vietnamese; she was arrested and deporte ...
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Siamese–Vietnamese War (1841–1845) The Siamese–Vietnamese War of 1841–1845 ( th, อานามสยามยุทธ (พ.ศ. 2384 – พ.ศ. 2388), vi, Chiến tranh Việt–Xiêm (1841–1845)) was a military conflict between the Đại Nam, ruled by Emperor Thi ...
* Ja Lidong's Rebellion (1822–1823) * Phan Bá Vành's Rebellion (1825–1827) * Nông Văn Vân's Rebellion (1833–1835) *
Lê Văn Khôi revolt The Lê Văn Khôi revolt ( vi, Cuộc nổi dậy Lê Văn Khôi, 1833–1835) was an important revolt in 19th-century Vietnam, in which southern Vietnamese, Vietnamese Catholics, French Catholic missionaries and Chinese settlers under the ...
(1833–1835) * Ja Thak Wa uprising (1834–1835) * Cao Bá Quát's Rebellion (1854–1856) * Taiping invasions of Northern Vietnam (1850s–1870s) ** Haw wars *
French conquest of Vietnam The French conquest of Vietnam (1858–1885) was a long and limited war fought between the Second French Empire, later the French Third Republic and the Vietnamese empire of Đại Nam in the mid-late 19th century. Its end and results were victor ...
(1858–1887) ** Cochinchina Campaign (1858–1862) ** Tạ Văn Phụng's Rebellion (1861–1865) **
Văn Thân movement The Văn Thân Movement ( Nôm: 風潮文紳; quốc ngữ: ''Phong trào Văn Thân'') was a popular movement led by non-governmental scholars in 19th century central Vietnam. Their motto was "Demolish the Westerners; kill the heretics" (i.e. Chri ...
(1864–1885) ** Tonkin Campaign (1883–1889) ** Sino–French War (1884–1885)


Colonial


French Indochina (1887–1954)


Republic


North Vietnam (1945–1976)


State of Vietnam and South Vietnam (1945–1975)


Vietnam


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References

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