Trần Lãm ( vi-hantu, 陳覽, died 967) was a

warlord A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

during the Period of the 12 Warlords. Lãm was an ethnic Việt from

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

. He held Bố Hải Khấu, Kỳ Bố,

Thái Bình Province Cài () is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan (as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "Tsai" (based on ...

, and titled himself Trần Minh Công (陳明公).do Tiến sĩ Lê Tung viết ngày 2 tháng 10 niên hiệu Hồng Đức thứ 18 (1487) He was the strongest warlord of Vietnam in that time. Đinh Bộ Lĩnh swore allegiance to him, and became adoptive son of him. His territory and troops was annexed by Đinh Bộ Lĩnh after his death.

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967 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century Vietnamese people People from Thái Bình province Vietnamese people of Chinese descent Anarchy of the 12 Warlords {{Vietnam-stub