King Suryavarman II builds Angkor Wat, originally a temple to Vishnu and today the largest religious monument in the world.
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Lý Thường Kiệt halts the Song invasion at the Như Nguyệt (Cầu) River; tradition links the poem "Nam quốc sơn hà" to the battle.
The Lý court establishes the Imperial Academy beside the Temple of Literature, regarded as Vietnam's first university.
Emperor Lý Nhân Tông holds the first civil service examination in Đại Việt; Lê Văn Thịnh passes first.
To disrupt Song preparations for invasion, Lý Thường Kiệt attacks Qin, Lian and Yong prefectures in southern China (1075–1076).
Emperor Lý Thánh Tông founds the Temple of Literature in Thăng Long, dedicated to Confucius.
Emperor Lý Thánh Tông renames the country from Đại Cồ Việt to Đại Việt, the name used for most of the following centuries.