The paper analyzes the formation and the model of the state organization in South Vietnam at the Cochin-china ruling time of the Nguyen Lords. At that time, the state organization in South Vietnam bore a lot of special characteristics, of which some were similar to but some were different from those in North Vietnam under the ruling of the Le Kings and Trinh Lords as well as those in the region of Thuan Quang under the ruling of the Nguyen Lords. Research on the state organization in South Vietnam in this period will enable us to get further understanding of the Vietnamese feudal history specifically and Vietnam history generally. | The State Organization in South Vietnam at the Cochin-china Ruling Time of the Nguyen Lords Nguyen Thi Viet Huong* Cao Tu Thanh** Abstract: The paper analyzes the formation and the model of the state organization in South Vietnam at the Cochin-china ruling time of the Nguyen Lords. At that time, the state organization in South Vietnam bore a lot of special characteristics, of which some were similar to but some were different from those in North Vietnam under the ruling of the Le Kings and Trinh Lords as well as those in the region of Thuan Quang under the ruling of the Nguyen Lords. Research on the state organization in South Vietnam in this period will enable us to get further understanding of the Vietnamese feudal history specifically and Vietnam history generally. Key words: Government; state; history of law; Cochin-china (Đàng Trong); South Vietnam; Nguyen Lord. 1. Introduction* ** After Nguyen Hoang returned to Thuan Hoa in 1600, the face of Tonkin – Cochinchina started to sprout. Subsequently, it was officially set up in 1627, when the Lord Phuoc Nguyen disposed the troops to battle against the Trinh Lord along Nhat Le River. Eventually, the campaign ended with a catastrophic combat in Tran Ninh in 1772. At that time, the Cochin-china government basically stopped its period of resistance against the North. Free of war affairs in the northern part, the Nguyen Lords devoted all the strength to exploitation in the South. In * Assoc. Prof., ., Institute of the State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. ** Sino - Nom Researcher. 1679, the Lord Phuoc Tan accepted the political asylum in Cochin-china for a group of the Ming officials who opposed the Qing (of the movement to "Oppose Qing and Restore Ming"), including Cheng Shang-chuan (陳上川) and Yang Yan-di (楊彥迪), allowing them to settle down and reclaim land in Bien Hoa and My Tho. Thus, a foundation was laid for the territorial expansion of Cochin-china towards the South. Afterwards, the Lord Phuoc
