November 16th, 2009 
admin Tran An was born in 1395, in Thang Long. He became King Tran Thieu De at the age of 3, although Ho Quy Ly was, in reality, the highest leader of the nation.
After King Tran Thieu De’s throning, Ho Quy Ly moved the capital to An Ton district (morden-day Thanh Hoa province). When the construction of the new capital was finished, Ho Quy Ly compelled King Tran Thieu De to pass over the throne to him.
It was spring 1400 when the Tran Dynasty ended and Ho Quy Ly became the first king of the Ho Dnasty
November 16th, 2009 admin 
King Tran Phe De was born in 1361, in Thang Long capital. As the new king was a young man, Prime Minister Ho Quy Ly took control of all politic powers.
In summer 1378, the king of Champa, Che Bong Nga, led his troops in another attack on Thang Long. King Tran and the Royal Family hurriedly withdrew from Thang Long to Bac Ninh.
Seeing this, King Father Tran Nghe Tong and Ho Quy Ly decided to dethrone the king. They then forced him to drink deadly poison.
It was 6 December 1388. The next king of the Tran Dynasty was Tran Ngung, a son-in-law of Ho Quy Ly. He became King Tran Thuan Tong.
November 16th, 2009 admin King Tran Phe De was born in 1361, in Thang Long capital. As the new king was a young man, Prime Minister Ho Quy Ly took control of all politic powers.
In summer 1378, the king of Champa, Che Bong Nga, led his troops in another attack on Thang Long. King Tran and the Royal Family hurriedly withdrew from Thang Long to Bac Ninh.
Seeing this, King Father Tran Nghe Tong and Ho Quy Ly decided to dethrone the king. They then forced him to drink deadly poison.
It was 6 December 1388. The next king of the Tran Dynasty was Tran Ngung, a son-in-law of Ho Quy Ly. He became King Tran Thuan Tong.
November 16th, 2009 admin It was 1372 when 35 years old Tran Kinh became King Tran Due Tong.
Tran Kinh had been a general who performed an important feat of arms in raising the army which defeated usurper Duong Nhat Le and brought Tran Nghe Tong to the throne.
In winter 1376, King Tran Due Tong himseft led 120.000 men to attack the capital of Champa Kingdom (morden-day Quy Nhon city). In spring 1377, the Viets reached the outskirts of Do Ban fortress, the capital of Champa.
Che Bong Da set up cantonments in the capital, then ordered a general to pretend to surrender to King Tran Due Tong, and say that Che Bong Nga had fled from the capital.
On 24 January 1377, King Tran Due Tong led his troops to take the capital of Champa. After ha had entered Do Ban fortress, the gate suddenly closed.
“Kill him!” said Che Bong Nga, who had been waiting there.
The enemy fired at King Tran Due Tong with thousands of poisoned arrows.
King Tran Due Tong was dead at the age of 41 . The Viets hurriedly backed to their own country.
The Court proclaimed the Crown Prince Tran Hien, the 17 year-old son of Tran Due Tong, as King Tran Phe De.
November 16th, 2009 admin It was now summer 1370, and the new king was 45 years old.
There was great hope that King Tran Nghe Tong would bring internal peace to the country and save the Tran Dynasty from collapse.
King Tran Nghe Tong was a person of great virtue, but he lacked determination and decisiveness.
Furthet, Viet troops had failed to cope with the invasion of the Champa Kingdom, led by Che Bong Nga, whose ships went trough the Dai Anestuary and sacked Thang Long capital in 1371.
When Che Bong Nga arrived, King Tran Nghe Tong and the Royal Mandarins had to flee and take refuge in Dinh Bang village (morden-day Bac Ninh province).
The enemy burned the capital, seized gold, gems and other valuables, captured a number of women and then withdrew from Thang Long.
Soon after that, King Tran Nghe Tong took the title of King Father and transferred the throne to his younger brother, Tran Kinh,
November 16th, 2009 admin Tran Hao, called King Tran Du Tong, was the seventh king of the Tran Dynasty.
He was intelligent and well-educate, but he was not well.
At the beginning of King Tran Du Tong’s reign, King Father Tran Minh Tong effectively ruled the nation. After Tran Minh Tong’s death, the Tran Dynasty fell into decline. The king drunk day and night.
In Thang Long capital, lived a famous scholar, Chu Van An. Who was well-known as a just, righteous mandarin. The scholar requested the king to excute seven corrupt officials, but the king rejected his proposal. There after, Chu Van An resigned and became a village teacher.
The Court was deep in crisis.
Soon later, the king became ill and died at the age of 34. He had been on the throne for the 28 years.
November 16th, 2009 admin Tran Vuong, born in 1319 in Thang Long, was called King Tran Hien Tong. He took the throne when he was 11 years old, but King Father Tran Minh Tong continued to manage all of the affairs in the Court.
In the year 1394, the Laos army attacked some districts of Nghe An. King Father led the Great Army of the Viets into Nghe An and then force the Laos to withdraw from the country.
But, in summer of the next year, the enemy entered Nghe An again.King Tran sent 100.000 men led by General Doan Nhu Hai to fight the Laos.
But, Doan Nhu Hai was defeated by the enemy,killed by hundreds of poisoned arrows shot by the Laos.
The Laos troops to their own country.
After that, king Tran Hien Tong fell seriously ill and passed awy some months later.
King Tran Hien Tong had no son, so King Father Tran Minh Tong ordered the Court to hand the throne to Tran Hao, a younger brother of the former king.
November 16th, 2009 admin King Tran Minh Tong, the fifth king of the Tran Dynasty, was born in 1300 in Thang Long. When he was 13 years old, his father handed the name of Crown Prince to him.
He was 15 years old when he ascended the throne. He was a talented person, who had secured the assistance of many Royal teachers.
But, the King also had misplaced faith in a number of intriguants and even excuted his uncle and father-in-law, Tran Quoc Chan.
After a 15 yaers reign, the King transferred the throne to his son, the Crown Prince Tran Vuong who became the sixth king of the Trans.
November 16th, 2009 admin 
After transferring the throne to his son, Tran Nhan Tong became the King Father and retired to Thien Truong district to rest.
In 1306, the King Father promised to give Princess Tran Huyen Tran to the king of Champa as a queen to improve relations between the countries. So when she was 13 years old, Tran Huyen Tran became the Queen of Champa Kingdom.
The King of Champa died soon after and General Tran Khac Chung hurriedly led some mandarins to retrieve Tran Huyen Tran.
The boat bringing Tran Khac Chung and Tran Huyen Tan back to Than gong floated slowly at the sea, taking 12 months to make the journey home. King Tran Anh Tong ignored rumours of a love affair between his younger sister and Tran Khac Chung and time passed.
On 18 March 1314, King Tran Anh Tong transfered the throne to his son, Tran Manh. King Tran Anh Tong became the King Father and Tran Manh became King Tran Minh Tong.
November 16th, 2009 admin In winter 1284, the King of Mongol-Yuan, Kublai Khan, sent 500.000 men led by the Crown Price Thoat Hoan (Toghan) to indave Dai Viet.
King Tran Nhan Tong ordered General Tran Quoc Tuan to command the Viets to quickly build a denfence line at Binh Lo River. The Mongol-Yuans attacked Binh Lo immediately and General Tran Quoc Tuan withdew his armies into Thang Long citadel.
In summer 1285, the enemy attacked Thang Long and Tran Quoc Tuan brought the two kings and their families to Thanh Hoa. Now the entire nation was threatened!
From the south, the Mongol-Yuan general Toa Do led his troops to fight general Tran Quang KHai in Tinh Gia district (morden-day Thanh Hoa province). From the north, the Crown Prince Thoat Hoan attacked Thanh Hoa from land at sea.
But the climatic conditions were unfavourable for the Mongols and many of the troops fell ill. Meanwhile, their food supply slowly dwindled. When General Toa Do led a hurried withdrawal of his troops along the coast to Thang Long, General Tran Quoc Tuan seized the moment to attack.
He sent two Vietnamese generals, Tran Nhat Duat and Tran Quoc Toan, and 10.000 men to fight Toa Do in Ham Tu Quan(morden-day Hung Yen province). Fearing a siege, Toa Do ordered his troops to leave the boats to the land.
The Viets arrows came down like rain. Toa Do was killed and his troops surrendered.
Tran Quoc Tuan then led the Viets attack Thang Long and Thoat Hoan was force to withdraw to his own country.
After the failure of 1285, Toghan asked his father, Kublai Khan, for a chance to attack the Viet again. In winter 1288, Toghan led 500.000 men on an invasion of Dai Viet. But General Tran Quoc Tuan commanded the Viets to defeat the enemy a second time and Thoat Hoan hurriedly withdrew from the country. Bach Dang River was coloured red with the invader’s blood. The Mongol-Yuan king was force to abandon any plans of fighting the Viets.
The reign of King Tran Nhan Tong lasted till 1293, when the king transfered the throne to his eldest son, the Crown prince Tran Thuyen who became King Tran Anh Tong.
In winter 1284, the King of Mongol-Yuan, Kublai Khan, sent 500.000 men led by the Crown Price Thoat Hoan (Toghan) to indave Dai Viet.
King Tran Nhan Tong ordered General Tran Quoc Tuan to command the Viets to quickly build a denfence line at Binh Lo River. The Mongol-Yuans attacked Binh Lo immediately and General Tran Quoc Tuan withdew his armies into Thang Long citadel.
In summer 1285, the enemy attacked Thang Long and Tran Quoc Tuan brought the two kings and their families to Thanh Hoa. Now the entire nation was threatened!
From the south, the Mongol-Yuan general Toa Do led his troops to fight general Tran Quang KHai in Tinh Gia district (morden-day Thanh Hoa province). From the north, the Crown Prince Thoat Hoan attacked Thanh Hoa from land at sea.
But the climatic conditions were unfavourable for the Mongols and many of the troops fell ill. Meanwhile, their food supply slowly dwindled. When General Toa Do led a hurried withdrawal of his troops along the coast to Thang Long, General Tran Quoc Tuan seized the moment to attack.
He sent two Vietnamese generals, Tran Nhat Duat and Tran Quoc Toan, and 10.000 men to fight Toa Do in Ham Tu Quan(morden-day Hung Yen province). Fearing a siege, Toa Do ordered his troops to leave the boats to the land.
The Viets arrows came down like rain. Toa Do was killed and his troops surrendered.
Tran Quoc Tuan then led the Viets attack Thang Long and Thoat Hoan was force to withdraw to his own country.
After the failure of 1285, Toghan asked his father, Kublai Khan, for a chance to attack the Viet again. In winter 1288, Toghan led 500.000 men on an invasion of Dai Viet. But General Tran Quoc Tuan commanded the Viets to defeat the enemy a second time and Thoat Hoan hurriedly withdrew from the country. Bach Dang River was coloured red with the invader’s blood. The Mongol-Yuan king was force to abandon any plans of fighting the Viets.
The reign of King Tran Nhan Tong lasted till 1293, when the king transfered the throne to his eldest son, the Crown prince Tran Thuyen who became King Tran Anh Tong.
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