A region and former kingdom of central vietnam on the south china sea between tonkin and cochin china . It was ruled by china from 111b . C. until a. d.939 and came under french control in the 19th century .
Annam : a region and former kingdom of central vietnam on the south china sea between tonkin and cochin china . It was ruled by china from 111b . C. until a. d.939 and came under french control in the 19th century .
The important agreements signed include the viet nam-us bilateral trade agreement , viet nam-china land border treaty , viet nam-china agreements on the delimitation of the tonkin gulf and fishery cooperation , and the viet nam-indonesia agreement on the delimitation of the continental shelf boundary , etc.