RESISTENCE
•During the 1,000 years under Chinese
control, the Vietnamese
people engaged in a
continual struggle
•In 3 BCE, a large number of Chinese mandarins invaded Nam Viet, taking over land and farms previously owned by Vietnamese people
•The Chinese
–made demands to the Viet people
in the form of high tributary payments
–monopolized the production of salt
and iron for their personal gains
–forced assimilation of Chinese culture
throughout the population