Vietnam:The Vinh Lang stele from Emperor Le Loi's mausoleum, erected in the 6th year of Thuan Thien reign (1433)

The Vinh Lang stele from Lê Lợi's mausoleum, erected in the 6th year of Thuận Thiên reign (1433).

Lê Lợi (1384 or 1385 – 1433), posthumously known with the temple name Lê Thái Tổ, was Emperor of Vietnam and founder of the Later Lê Dynasty. Lê Lợi is among the most famous figures from the medieval period of Vietnamese history and one of its greatest heroes.

Between 1418 and 1427 Le Loi fought the Ming Chinese occupation of Vietnam, ultimately defeating the Ming and re-establishing Vietnamese independence. He was also a diplomat, and having driven out the Chinese he formally established the Lê Dynasty as the Ming Xuande Emperor officially recognized Lê Lợi as the new ruler of Vietnam. In return, Lê Lợi sent diplomatic messages to the Ming Court, promising Vietnam's loyalty as a vassal state of China and cooperation. The Ming accepted this arrangement, much as they accepted the vassal status of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty. The Chinese largely left Vietnam alone for the next 500 years, intervening only about once every hundred years.

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