To disrupt Song preparations for invasion, Lý Thường Kiệt attacks Qin, Lian and Yong prefectures in southern China (1075–1076).
Emperor Lý Nhân Tông holds the first civil service examination in Đại Việt; Lê Văn Thịnh passes first.
The Lý court establishes the Imperial Academy beside the Temple of Literature, regarded as Vietnam's first university.
Lý Thường Kiệt halts the Song invasion at the Như Nguyệt (Cầu) River; tradition links the poem "Nam quốc sơn hà" to the battle.
Emperor Lý Thánh Tông founds the Temple of Literature in Thăng Long, dedicated to Confucius.
In his Dream Pool Essays, Shen Kuo describes the magnetic needle compass and magnetic declination.
Emperor Lý Thánh Tông renames the country from Đại Cồ Việt to Đại Việt, the name used for most of the following centuries.