![]() ![]() ![]() It has been reprinted many times and was used as a textbook for students in the South of Viet Nam before 1975. The book was written in a new and fresh style that told the story of the country’s history at that time. As a result, Kim’s work was considered the first history text in the Vietnamese language to cover the Hong Bang Dynasty (c.2879 BC–258 BC) to the time of French Indochina in the 1900s. There were several works in Vietnamese on these matters published at that time, according to Dong A Books, but they were sketchy and disconnected. ![]() These books were written from a feudalist point of view that focused on kings and events that were elated to dynasties. History books at that time failed to meet what the people wanted to read, and were mostly written in Han script and circulated among intellectuals. ![]() Việt Nam Sử Lược (Outline of History in Viet Nam) was edited and compiled by educator and historian Tran Trong Kim (1883-1953), and made its first appearance in 1920 when the nation started to offer rare official reference sources. Việt Nam Sử Lược (Outline of History in Viet Nam) is available at bookstores nationwide. A history book has been launched in Ha Noi to mark the occasion of its 100th anniversary. ![]()
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