SOME FEATURES OF THE PROCESS OF RECLAIMING AND ESTABLISHING SOVEREIGNTY IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM DURING THE 17TH-18TH CENTURIES

Abstract

In the 17^th and 18^th centuries, the reclamation of Southern Vietnam of the Cochinchina government and of the Vietnamese, Chinese, Khmer, Cham peoples, etc. led to the establishment of national sovereignty over this land. This study describes special features of the process of reclaiming and establishing sovereignty through the aspects as follows: The reclamation of Southern Vietnam was the continuation of the expansion process with the key direction towards the South carried out by generations of Vietnamese people; Challenges and difficulties  were found in plenty in the conquest of unoccupied lands; The reclamation of Southern Vietnam was the one of expanding the solidified community accordingto the central tendency and trend of unification; Simultaneously, the reclamation of Southern Vietnam was the one of establishing sovereignty by mode of acquisition of territory; and the reclamation of, the sovereignty establishment over Southern Vietnam was strongly attached to the process of expanding diplomatic relations and raising the status of the nation.