The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.
The L Vn Khi revolt (Vietnamese: Cuc ni dy L Vn Khi, 18331835) was an important revolt in 19th-century Vietnam, in which southern Vietnamese, Vietnamese Catholics, French Catholic missionaries and Chinese settlers under the leadership of L Vn Khi opposed the Imperial rule of Emperor Minh Mng.
Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam are the three main historical, geographical and cultural regions within Vietnam. Each region consists of subregions, with considerable cultural differences originating from each subregions.
Northern Vietnam includes the following subregions:
Northeast (Đông Bắc)
Northwest (Tây Bắc)
Red River Delta (Châu Thổ Sông Hồng)Central Vietnam includes the following subregions:
North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ)
South Central Coast (Nam Trung Bộ)
Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên - meaning Western Highlands)Southern Vietnam includes the following subregions:
Southeast (Đông Nam Bộ)
Mekong River Delta (Đồng Bằng Sông Cửu Long)