* April – Battle of Bạch Đằng: Đại Việt ( Vietnamese ) general Trần Hưng Đạo sinks the fleet of an invading Mogul army of the Yuan Dynasty by placing steel-tipped bamboo stakes in the Bach Dang River near Ha Long Bay.

Among other things, the Trần Dynasty are noted for defeating three Mongol invasions, most notably in the decisive Battle of Bạch Đằng River, in 1288.

vi: Trần Bạch Đằng

Trần Lệ Xuân was born into a wealthy aristocratic family in Hanoi, French Indochina, then part of the French colonial empire.

Trần Đức Lương ( born May 5, 1937 ) was president of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.

Trần Anh Hùng ( born December 23, 1962 ) is a French film director of Vietnamese ancestry.

He was born Trần An Dũng in 1795, taking the name Andrew at his baptism ( Anrê Dũng ) and was ordained a priest on 15 March 1823.

Lieutenant General Sylvain Trần Văn Minh ( born 19 August 1923, Saigon, French Indochina – died 31 May 2009, Nice, France ) is a Vietnamese diplomat and a general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

Trần Đình Trường ( 1932 – May 6, 2012 ) a Vietnamese-American was born in South Vietnam.

General Trần Thiện Khiêm ( born 15 December 1925, Saigon, Cochinchina, French Indochina ( present-day Vietnam )) was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn was born right after the Trần Dynasty replaced the Lý Dynasty in 1225 AD, when the last Lý monarch Lý Chiêu Hoàng abdicated the throne in favour of her husband Trần Thái Tông.

Trần Quốc Tuấn was born to Prince Trần Liễu, the elder brother of the new child emperor, Trần Thái Tông.

In addition, a number of notable revolutionary figures were born in or near the city of Vinh, including Nguyễn Du, Phan Bội Châu, Trần Trọng Kim, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, and Hồ Chí Minh himself.

Tran Thu Do, the founder of the Trần Dynasty, was born in Hưng Hà district.

Van Thai Tran ( Trần Thái Văn in Vietnamese ), born October 19, 1964 ) is an attorney and politician in California, formerly serving as a Republican member of the California State Assembly, representing portions of Orange County.

Trần Hiếu Ngân ( born June 26, 1974 ) is a Vietnamese Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Women's 49-57 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and she won the silver medal.

Born Nguyễn Phúc Đảm, son of the Emperor Gia Long's first concubine Thuận Thiên ( also known as Trần Thị Đang ), it was assumed that Gia Long's grandson and son of Prince Nguyễn Phúc Cảnh would become the next Emperor.

As one of the officials who ruled northern Vietnam in the 1st century, he was posthumously titled Thiên Cảm Gia Ứng Linh Vũ Đại Vương ( 善感嘉應靈武大王 ) by the Trần Dynasty emperor.

* 1285 – Forces led by Prince Tran Quang Khai of Vietnam's Trần Dynasty destroys most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.

* Trần Dynasty ( 1225 – 1400 )

* Posterior Trần Dynasty ( 1407 – 1413 )

Trần Lệ Xuân ( 22 August 1924 – 24 April 2011 ), popularly known as Madame Nhu, was the de facto First Lady of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963.

File: Tran Duc Luong, Nov 17, 2004. jpg | alt = Man standing in a dark suit, white shirt and baige tie, smiling | Trần Đức Lương, served 1997 – 2006

Andrew Dũng-Lạc ( Anrê Trần An Dũng Lạc, 1795 – 21 December 1839 ) is a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church, executed by beheading.

Trần Văn Hương ( 1902 – 1982 ) was a South Vietnamese politician.

Trần Hưng Đạo ( 1228 – 1300 ) was the Supreme Commander of Đại Việt during the Trần Dynasty.

All of the kings during the Ly Dynasty supported Buddhism as a state religion and this continued into the Trần Dynasty ( 1225 – 1400 ) where Buddhism later developed in combination with Confucianism.

A new Thiền school was founded by King Trần Nhân Tông ( 1258 – 1308 ); called Trúc Lâm ( Bamboo Grove ) school, which evinced a deep influence from Confucian and Taoist philosophy.

There was an academy of martial arts in the capital, Thăng Long, today's Hanoi, since the 11th century: Lý Dynasty ( 1009 – 1225 ), Trần Dynasty ( 1225 – 1400 ).

On 28 April 1975, after one week as president, Trần Văn Hương resigned and handed power over to General Dương Văn Minh, who presided over the surrender of the government two days later.

Cao Lanh ( Cao Lãnh ) used to be the stopover of many patriots such as Tran Chanh Chieu ( Trần Chánh Chiếu ), Nguyen Sinh Sac ( Nguyễn Sinh Sắc )... People in Cao Lanh consistently struggled, tremendously contributing to the absolute victory of South of Vietnam in historical campaign Ho Chi Minh ( Hồ Chí Minh ), united the whole country, and Cao Lanh, since April 30th 1975, was merged with Sa Dec ( Sa Đéc ) to become Dong Thap nowadays.

While the Politburo was a collective decision-making organ, which decided on issues through the support of a majority, Lê, through his post as General Secretary, was the most powerful figure within the Politburo, and able to amass power thanks to his alliances with Thọ, Trần Quốc Hoàn and Võ Nguyên Giáp.

The nickname also served to distinguish him from another South Vietnamese general, Trần Văn Minh, who was known as “ Little Minh ”.

Trần Văn Hương, an opposition politician who was jailed by Diệm, and a future prime minister and president, gave a scathing analysis of the generals ' action.

Khánh was assisted by Generals Trần Thiện Khiêm, who controlled the forces around Saigon, Ðỗ Mậu and Nguyễn Chánh Thi.

He was known for making such public statements as promising to demolish the Xá Lợi pagoda and vowing to kill his estranged father-in-law, Trần Văn Chuơng, who was the regime's Ambassador to the United States, after the elder man condemned the Ngô family's behavior and disowned his daughter, Nhu's wife, Madame Nhu.

General Trần Văn Đôn, another plotter, was reported to have pressured Thiệu during the night of the siege, asking him on the phone “ Why are you so slow in doing it?

Thiệu was rewarded with membership in the 12-man Military Revolutionary Council led by General Minh, and served as the secretary general ; the leading figures in the MRC were Generals Minh, Trần Văn Đôn, Lê Văn Kim and Tôn Thất Đính.

Thiệu was again plotting the following month when the junta-appointed Prime Minister, Trần Văn Hương, introduced a series of war expansion measures, notably by widening the terms of conscription.

The key to Đại Việt's successes was to avoid the Mongols ' strength in open field battles and city sieges-the Trần court abandoned the capital and the cities.

The military architect behind Đại Việt's victories was Commander Trần Quốc Tuấn, more popularly known as Trần Hưng Đạo.

It was also during this period that the Trần kings waged many wars against the southern kingdom of Champa, continuing the Viets ' long history of southern expansion ( known as Nam Tiến ) that had begun shortly after gaining independence in the 10th century.

Champa was made into a tributary state of Vietnam in 1312, but ten years later regained independence and Champa troops led by king Chế Bồng Nga ( Cham: Po Binasuor or Che Bonguar ) killed king Trần Duệ Tông in battle and even laid siege to Đại Việt's capital Thăng Long in 1377 AD and again in 1383 AD.

However, the Trần Dynasty was successful in gaining two Champa provinces, located around present-day Huế, through the peaceful means of the political marriage of Princess Huyền Trân to a Cham king.

The Trần dynasty was in turn overthrown by one of its own court officials, Hồ Quý Ly.

The Ming occupying force annexed Đại Ngu into the Ming Empire after claiming that there was no heir to Trần throne.

The former was deposed on the pretext of insanity and Duy Tân was caught in a conspiracy with the mandarin Trần Cao Vân trying to start an uprising.

According to General Trần Văn Trà, the new military head of COSVN, the offensive was to have three distinct phases: Phase I, scheduled to begin on 30 January, would be a countrywide assault on the cities, conducted primarily by Vietcong forces.

Her given name means " Tears of Spring " Her paternal grandfather was close to the French colonial administration, while her father, Trần Văn Chương, studied law in France, and practicing in Bac Lieu in the Mekong Delta before marrying into the ruling imperial dynasty.

Her family received further scorn as her sister, Trần Lệ Chi, who was married to Nguyển Hữu Châu had a French lover named Etienne Oggeri, and critics alleged that Madame Nhu introduced the laws so that her sister's husband could not get a divorce.