Vietnam was part of CHINA for 1,000 years?
Maybe Northern Vietnam but how about the rest of VIETNAM?
The CHAMPA KINGDOM (7th century through to 1832)
The kingdom of Champa was a
"MALAY" kingdom that controlled what is now central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832. They speak Cham, a Malayo-Polynesian language.
The Ancient name of the SOUTH CHINA SEA was the CHAM SEA. Named after the POWERFUL MALAY KINGDOM OF CHAMPA. The Europeans renamed the area SOUTH CHINA SEA just during the European Colonial Era.
The South China Sea was RULED by the OLD MALAYS (ancestors of the Taiwanese Aborigines, Filipinos, Malaysians, Indonesians, and CHAMPA VIETS) from TAIWAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIETNAM, to the rest of the MALAY ARCHIPELAGO according to the ARCHAEOLOGISTS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS and HISTORIANS.
World Historians are LAUGHING for SURE AT CHINA'S FIRST DISCOVERY CLAIM
The OLD MALAY people MOVED OUT OF TAIWAN to populate CENTRAL VIETNAM, the Philippines and the rest of the MALAY Archipelago long long time ago before the CHINESE learned sea navigation.
The CHINESE PEOPLE were late comers to the South CHINA SEA.