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• Mạc dynasty (1527–1592): the northern breakaway court

  How general Mạc Đăng Dung usurped the Lê throne in 1527, ruled from Thăng Long, and how his heirs held out in Cao Bằng as a rump court until 1677.

  history · Updated 2026-07-05
• Nguyễn Trãi: strategist, poet, and author of Bình Ngô Đại Cáo

  Nguyễn Trãi advised Lê Lợi to victory over Ming occupation and wrote the Bình Ngô Đại Cáo, before a court scandal led to his family being executed.

  history · Updated 2026-07-05
• The Lê Dynasty (1428–1789)

  The Later Lê dynasty drove out a Ming Chinese occupation, codified Vietnamese law in the Hồng Đức Code and presided over the long Trịnh–Nguyễn split.

  history · Updated 2026-05-17