The Việt Nam Diaries
The civil war between the Lê-Trịnh and Mạc dynasties ended in 1592, when the army of Trịnh Tùng conquered Hanoi and executed king Mạc Máºu Hợp. Survivors from the Mạc royal family members fled for the northern mountains inside the province of Cao Bằng and continued to rule there till 1677 when Trịnh Tạc conquered this final Máº