<Table> <Tr> <Th> Period </Th> <Th> Country Name </Th> <Th> Time Frame </Th> <Th> Boundary </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hồng Bàng dynasty </Td> <Td> Xích Quỷ 赤 鬼 </Td> <Td> 2879 -- 2524 BC </Td> <Td> Stretching from Dongting Lake ( Hunan ) to the southernmost area now called Quảng Trị , including the Guangxi and Guangdong provinces of China . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hồng Bàng dynasty </Td> <Td> Văn Lang 文郎 </Td> <Td> 2524 -- 258 BC </Td> <Td> Territory reduced to modern Northern Vietnam including the three modern provinces of Thanh Hóa , Nghệ An , Hà Tĩnh . The Red River Delta is the home of the Lạc Việt culture . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thục dynasty </Td> <Td> Âu Lạc 甌 雒 </Td> <Td> 257 -- 207 BC </Td> <Td> Red River Delta and its adjoining north and west mountain regions . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Triệu dynasty </Td> <Td> Nam Việt 南越 </Td> <Td> 207 -- 111 BC </Td> <Td> North and north - central of Vietnam ( southern border expanded down to the Hoành Sơn Range ) , Guangdong , and Guangxi . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Han Domination </Td> <Td> Giao Chỉ ( Jiaozhi ) 交趾 </Td> <Td> 111 BC -- 39 AD </Td> <Td> Present - day north and north - central of Vietnam ( southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta ) , Guangdong , and Guangxi . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Trưng Sisters </Td> <Td> Lĩnh Nam 嶺南 </Td> <Td> 40 -- 43 </Td> <Td> Present - day north and north - central of Vietnam ( southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta ) . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Han to Eastern Wu Domination </Td> <Td> Giao Chỉ 交趾 </Td> <Td> 43 -- 229 </Td> <Td> Present - day north and north - central of Vietnam ( southern border expanded down to the Ma River and Cả River delta ) , Guangdong , and Guangxi . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastern Wu to Liang Domination </Td> <Td> Giao Châu ( Jiaozhou ) 交州 </Td> <Td> 229 -- 544 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Early Lý dynasty </Td> <Td> Vạn Xuân 萬 春 </Td> <Td> 544 -- 602 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sui to Tang Domination </Td> <Td> Giao Châu 交趾 </Td> <Td> 602 -- 679 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tang Domination </Td> <Td> An Nam 安南 </Td> <Td> 679 -- 757 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tang Domination </Td> <Td> Trấn Nam 鎮 南 </Td> <Td> 757 -- 766 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tang Domination </Td> <Td> An Nam 安南 </Td> <Td> 766 -- 866 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tang Domination , Autonomy ( Khúc clan , Dương Đình Nghệ , and Kiều Công Tiễn ) , Ngô dynasty </Td> <Td> Tĩnh Hải quân 静 海军 </Td> <Td> 866 -- 967 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Đinh , Early Lê and Lý dynasty </Td> <Td> Đại Cồ Việt 大 瞿 越 </Td> <Td> 968 -- 1054 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lý and Trần dynasty </Td> <Td> Đại Việt 大越 </Td> <Td> 1054 -- 1400 </Td> <Td> Southern border expanded down to present - day Huế area . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hồ dynasty </Td> <Td> Đại Ngu 大 虞 </Td> <Td> 1400 -- 1407 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ming Domination and Later Trần dynasty </Td> <Td> Giao Chỉ 交州 </Td> <Td> 1407 -- 1427 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lê , Mạc , Trịnh -- Nguyễn lords , Tây Sơn dynasty , Nguyễn dynasty </Td> <Td> Đại Việt </Td> <Td> 1428 -- 1804 大越 </Td> <Td> Gradually expanded to the boundary of present - day Vietnam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nguyễn dynasty </Td> <Td> Việt Nam 越南 </Td> <Td> 1804 -- 1839 </Td> <Td> Present - day Vietnam plus some occupied territories in Laos and Cambodia . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nguyễn dynasty </Td> <Td> Đại Nam 大 南 </Td> <Td> 1839 -- 1887 </Td> <Td> Same as above </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nguyễn dynasty and French Protectorate </Td> <Td> French Indochina , consisting of Cochinchina ( southern Vietnam ) , Annam ( central Vietnam ) , Tonkin ( northern Vietnam ) </Td> <Td> 1887 -- 1945 </Td> <Td> Present - day Vietnam . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Republican Era </Td> <Td> Việt Nam ( with variances such as Democratic Republic , State of Vietnam , Republic of Vietnam , Socialist Republic ) </Td> <Td> Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( 1945 --
what was vietnam called in the years before world war 2
French Indochina