Việt Nam sử lược
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Việt Nam sử lược was the first Quoc Ngu history text compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim
. It covered the period from Hồng Bàng Dynasty to the time of French Indochina
. The book was first published in 1921 and reprinted many times to this day. Before 1975, there was a time when Việt Nam sử lược was the standard history textbook in schools in South Vietnam
.
Tran Trong Kim
Trần Trọng Kim was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the short-lived Empire of Vietnam, a puppet state created by Imperial Japan in 1945...
. It covered the period from Hồng Bàng Dynasty to the time of French Indochina
French Indochina
French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....
. The book was first published in 1921 and reprinted many times to this day. Before 1975, there was a time when Việt Nam sử lược was the standard history textbook in schools in South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
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