Vietnamese irredentism

Vietnamese irredentism, also known as Ideology of Greater Vietnam (Chủ nghĩa Đại Việt Nam or Chủ nghĩa Đại Việt), sometimes may be referred to as Baiyue Nationalism (chủ nghĩa Dân tộc Bách Việt) is an irredentist and nationalist claim concerning redemption of former territories of Vietnam and territories outside the Nation that the Vietnamese have inhabited for decades. Famous claims are usually taken in Laos, Cambodia, and Liangguang. The Baiyue people, of which the modern Vietnamese people (also called "Viet" or "Kinh") are descended from, have long inhabited in a vast variety of land of what would be known as modern China, Vietnam and Laos. As for the result of migration, the Viet tribes moved southward and eventually established itself in what would be known as northern Vietnam and southern China today, which became the ancestral homeland of Vietnamese people. Overtime, the Vietnamese people managed to overcome four Chinese domination of Vietnam, and further expanded its territory south and westward, known as Nam tiến and war with Laos and the Tai tribes, which slowly granted Vietnam's political power to weight and control Laos and Cambodia. Also, there were also northern expansions toward Chinese territory, and sea expeditions to gain control over Malay peninsula, though it was short-lived. Nonetheless, during these expansions, Vietnamese imperial rulers adopted Vietnamization policy, hoping to subjugate and Vietnamize people from the land they conquered. French imperialism at the 19th century resulted in the establishment of French Indochina, where French colonial rulers adopted a divide-and-rule policy, but this also resulted with Cambodia and Laos being fully absorbed into much-larger Vietnamese nation. Though being equally ruled by France, in reality, the Vietnamese dominated political will in both Laos and Cambodia, and economy of Vietnam was far bigger than its fellow French Indochinese colonies. This trend continued even when the French were expelled from Vietnam following the First Indochina War, only to be disrupted by the Vietnam War later.