THE BEST SIDE OF VIệT NAM

The civil war concerning the Lê-Trịnh and Mạc dynasties ended in 1592, when the army of Trịnh Tùng conquered Hanoi and executed king Mạc Mậu Hợp. Survivors with the Mạc royal household fled to the northern mountains from the province of Cao Bằng and continued to rule there until 1677 when Trịnh Tạc conquered this final Mạc t