I have a few on this list but if I only had to choose one, it would be Đinh Tiên hoàng đế . I feel like even though a number of them were good, this one has a standout factor.
Here are the Vietnamese historical dramas set during the monarchy by chronological order :
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
- Đinh Tiên hoàng đế (2013) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924 AD - 979 AD) during the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Lý dynasty
- Về đất Thăng Long (2010) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (974 AD - 1028 AD) during the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD), the Early Lê dynasty (980 AD - 1009 AD) and the Lý dynasty (1009 AD - 1225 AD)
- Huyền sử thiên đô (2011) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (974 AD - 1028 AD) during the Early Lê dynasty (980 AD - 1009 AD) and the Lý dynasty (1009 AD - 1225 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Trần dynasty (1225 AD - 1400 AD)
- Thái sư Trần Thủ Độ (2013) tells the life of the Vietnamese Prince Trung Võ Trần Thủ (1194 AD – 1264 AD) during the the Lý dynasty (1009 AD - 1225 AD) and the Trần dynasty (1225 AD - 1400 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Later Trần dynasty (1407 AD - 1413 AD)
- Trùng Quang tâm sử (2002) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Trùng Quang (?? AD - 1413 AD) during the Later Trần dynasty (1407 AD - 1413 AD) who fought against the Chinese Ming forces during the Fourth Era of Northern Domination of Vietnam by Imperial China (1407 AD - 1427 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Later Lê dynasty (1427 AD - 1789 AD)
- Tể tướng Lưu Nhân Chú (2016) tells the life of the Vietnamese general Lưu Nhân Chú (?? AD - 1433 AD) who fought against the Chinese Ming forces during Fourth Era of Northern Domination of Vietnam by Imperial China (1407 AD - 1427 AD) and the Later Lê dynasty (1427 AD - 1789 AD).
- Minh Tâm kỳ án (2016) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Lê Thánh Tông (1442 AD - 1497 AD) during the Later Lê dynasty (1427 AD - 1789 AD)
- "Hoàng Lê nhất thống chí" (1997) set during the Tây Sơn wars (1771 AD - 1802 AD) during the Restored Lê (1533 AD - 1789 AD) and the Tây Sơn dynasty (1778 AD - 1802 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Chúa tàu Kim Quy (2002) tells a fictional story set during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Trần Trung kỳ án (2017) tells a fictional story set during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Phượng khấu (2020) tells the life of the Vietnamese Empress Từ Dụ (1810 AD - 1902 AD) during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Bình Tây đại nguyên soái (2013) tells the life of the Vietnamese mandarin and indepentist Trương Định (1820 AD - 1864 AD) who fought against the French colonial forces during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Anh hùng Nguyễn Trung Trực (2012) tells the life of the Vietnamese independentist Nguyễn Trung Trực (1838 AD - 1868 AD) who fought against the French colonial forces during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Lều chõng (2010) tells a fictional story of a Vietnamese woman who will like to pass the last exam of the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD)
- Ngọn nến Hoàng cung (2004) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Bảo Đại from the Japanese coup d'Etat in French Indochina in 1945 during World War II during the Nguyễn dynasty (1802 AD - 1945 AD) to the First Indochina War (1946 AD - 1954 AD) during the State of Vietnam era (1949 AD - 1955 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
- Đinh Tiên hoàng đế (2013) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924 AD - 979 AD) during the Ngô dynasty (939 AD - 965 AD) and the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
Vietnamese historical dramas set during the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
- Đinh Tiên hoàng đế (2013) tells the life of the Vietnamese Emperor Đinh Bộ Lĩnh (924 AD - 979 AD) during the Ngô dynasty (939 AD - 968 AD) and the Đinh dynasty (968 AD - 980 AD)
There are no historical Vietnamese dramas set before the Ngô dynasty (939 AD - 968 AD).
In the history of Vietnam, I find that the Early Lý dynasty (544 AD - 602 AD), the Ngô dynasty (939 AD - 968 AD) and the Tây Sơn dynasty (1778 AD - 1802 AD) which are all short periods have the most interesting history.
Why are there so few historical Vietnamese dramas set during the monarchy ?
