In the 16th century, this ethnic group included the breakaway Mac family.
In the 16th century, this ethnic group included the breakaway Mac family. Charles Rigoult de Genouilly tried to subdue these people at a city which he called Tourane. The Jesuit Alexandre de Rhodes devised a writing system for these people's language. Under colonial rule, these people were the majority in the Cochinchina province. Rebels in their history include a duo that drowned themselves in the Hat river; that duo, often depicted atop war elephants, is a pair of 1st-century (*) sisters. This ethnic group defeated the Cham people of Champa to their south. The Tay Son uprising displaced this ethnicity's Le dynasty. For 10 points, name this ethnic group which freed itself from French Indochina after winning at Dien Bien Phu, the builders of Hanoi.
In the 16th century, this ethnic group included the breakaway Mac family.
Vietnamese [or Viet; or Kinh; or Lac Viet; or Bach Viet]