EARLY KINGDOMS, According to the Vietnamese myths , the first Vietnames people were descended from a couple of Lac Long Quan( Dragon) and Au co( Angel) . The cuple decided to part ways : 50 kids went with their mame to the mountains ; other 50 – with their dad went to the sea , creating their country ( Vietnam nowadays ) Their eldest son became the first of earliest king , collectively, known as the Hung kings( Hung kings Era or Hong bang Dynesty) . It began around 3000 BC .