越南阮朝明命帝（1820－1840）海洋強國夢：以造船及出洋公務為中心

The Emperor of Vietnam Minh-Mang's Dream of a Powerful Maritime Country: Focusing on Shipbuilding and Overseas Business, 1820-1840

越南明命皇帝是一位醉心於海洋強國夢的統治者，在位二十一年，共製造西洋戰船（多索船）超過五十艘，打造各式火砲及蒸氣船，除部署在沿海重要海疆外，還下令越南戰船航行於粵、閩和下洲（新加坡）等東南亞港口，且遠至孟加拉灣明歌鎮（加爾各答）從事貿易、偵察及海防任務，用以抵消西方人的覬覦和侵略。明命派戰船出洋公務高達六十一次，且1834年在湄公河戰爭中打敗暹羅海軍。這是明命皇帝性格和意志的展現，在當時傳統的東亞國家中，只有越南具有此等製造西洋船和蒸氣船航行於東亞海域的能力。

Emperor Minh-Mang of Vietnam was obsessed with the dream of becoming a maritime power. He built more than 50 Western warships (barquentines) and tried to construct steam ships. He ordered Vietnamese warships to sail to Guangdong, Fujian and Southeast Asian ports such as Xiazhou (Singapore), and as far as to Calcutta in the Bay of Bengal to engage in trade and reconnaissance, as well as to prevent Western aggression. Minh-Mang dispatched warships to go abroad for official duties as many as 61 times, and defeated the Siamese Navy on the Mekong River in 1834. This is a demonstration of the Emperor Minh-Mang's character and will. Among the traditional East Asian countries at that time, only Vietnam had the ability to manufacture Western warships and steam ships sailing on East Asia Seas.