<P> The Chinese domination of Vietnam ( Vietnamese : Bắc thuộc , Hán tự : 北 屬 , `` Belonging to the North ( China ) '' ) began in 111 BC , and is usually considered to have ended in 938 AD . A fourth , relatively brief , 20 - year punitive invasion by the Ming dynasty , 400 years later , is usually excluded by historians in discussion of the main , almost continuous , period of Chinese colonization from 111 BC to 938 AD , as is the brief occupation of northern Vietnam by Chinese forces at the end of the Second World War . </P>
<P> The Chinese domination of Vietnam ( Vietnamese : Bắc thuộc , Hán tự : 北 屬 , `` Belonging to the North ( China ) '' ) began in 111 BC , and is usually considered to have ended in 938 AD . A fourth , relatively brief , 20 - year punitive invasion by the Ming dynasty , 400 years later , is usually excluded by historians in discussion of the main , almost continuous , period of Chinese colonization from 111 BC to 938 AD , as is the brief occupation of northern Vietnam by Chinese forces at the end of the Second World War . </P>
when did vietnam free itself from chinese control
when did vietnam free itself from chinese control
938 AD
938 AD