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Wifeless boy is like bridleless horse. The attached buffalo hates the buffalo that is eating freely. 
| I live in the land called Van Langunder. The future will know it as Vietnam.
The name Vietnam came about when Emperor Cia Long wanted to rename the country Nam Viet.
Seeking the Chinese emperor's approval of the new national name, Cia Long sent his Ambassador, Le Quan Dinh, to China in 1802. Le Quang Dinh addressed the Emperor as follows: "The new King of the Nguyen has succeeded in realizing under his rule, what the former reigns of the Tran and Le could not - the reunification of the old land of An Nam and the new land of Viet Thuong. Consequently, we would like to ask your permission to change the ancient name of An Nam to Nam Viet."
After consulting his court, the Chinese Emperor decided that the name Nam Viet would bring to mind Trieu Da's ancient kingdom of Nam Viet Dong which had included the two Chinese provinces of Guang Dong and Kwang Si, and therefore the proposed name of Nam Viet could lead to misunderstandings or even conceal territorial ambitions. The problem was solved by simply reversing the order of the two words to Viet Nam.
Viet Nam means the Viets of the South (Nam) or the south populated by the Viet the main ethnic group in Vietnam.
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