The third Chinese domination refers to the time in Vietnam from the end of the Early Lý dynasty in 602 to the rise of the Khúc family by Khúc Thừa Dụ in 905 or until 938, following the expulsion of the Southern Han invaders by Ngô Quyền. This period saw two Chinese imperial dynasties rule over an area of northern Vietnam roughly corresponding to the modern Hanoi region. From 602–618, this area was under the late Sui Dynasty, under three districts in the Red River Delta. From 618 to 905, the Tang Dynasty became the new Chinese rulers of Vietnam.This began when the king of Early Lý dynasty (Lý Nam Đế II) surrendered to Emperor Wen of Sui in Sui–Former Lý War until Khúc clan seized the capital Đại La and install the autonomous state in Vietnam in 905 .At that moment, the Emperor Ai of Tang lost the power to Zhu Wen and stayed as the figurehead .

During this time, Vietnam was known as:

In 602,The general Liu Fang of the Sui dynasty led 2,700,000 soldiers to invade kingdom of Vạn Xuân. The king of Vạn Xuân was afraid of the enemy so he decided to surrender to Liu Fang and he was captured to China. Sui dynasty annexed Vạn Xuân as the province and named it Giao Châu (交州), "Giao province". Liu Fang was nominated as the viceroy of Giao Châu . He passed away after conquering the Kingdom of Champa and Qiū He ( 丘和) replaced him to rule the land. However in 618, Emperor Gaozu overthrew the Sui dynasty and established the Tang dynasty, and Qiū He (丘和) submitted to the new Emperor, causing Vietnam to become a colony of the Tang dynasty.

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