The book-set that you are holding is aiming at ambitious goal that will provided a readership with facts & evidences of the progression of Vietnam literature from X to XX centuries by compiling almost all the Prefaces or Forewords or Epilogues of literary books & works and discussions, writings, papers covering all different aspects & dimensions of Vietnam literature these written or delivered during above-mentioned period.

Contents:1 - An Introduction. By Ngo Vinh Long - Historian Professor of the University of the State of Maine (USA). 2 - A periods prior to August, 1945; in the Second Resistance against French colonialism; after Geneva Conference. 3 - Truong Son Range's Trail. The mysterious first days. Official opening. A transportation grid - labyrinth.

“For the last two thousand years, many Vietnamese (VN) Temples has been sites of cultural preservations where VN customs and values are continuously being recorded and performed. The 5th United Nation Buddha's Birthday Anniversary and 5th International Buddhism Workshop that organized in VN in the year of 2008 is an International cultural festival to honor Buddha - the great cultural and spiritual man of all human beings.

The book was written in the year of 1908 by Mr. Mai Vien Doan Trien (1854 - 1919) - a confucianist & high ranking mandarin who serving under administration of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802 - 1945) and French colonialism.

Contents: Chapters 1: Executive summary. Charts & tables. Vietnam economic condition. 2 - Accelerating economic growth speed. Enhancing efficiency & sustainable development. Investment. Export - import & trade balance. Fiscal & financial policies. Microeconomic stability. Some problems. 3 - Promoting the population's material & cultural living standards.

Contents: Chapters 1: Cultural changes - Theoretical premises & practice. Cultural changes & cultural changes in Vietnam villages and in Red River Delta during the process of globalization & modernization. Cultural changes of the three case-study villages. 2 - Socio-economic changes in the three villages of Dong Ky, Trang Liet & Dinh Bang in today process of Industrialization - Modernization. The formation of three villages.

In Vietnam literature of the 20th century, there was a strange unique phenomenon. It is Bùi Giáng (1926 - 1988) - a multitalented personality: a poet, translator, philosopher, thinker, literary researcher... His prose & poetry are unusual. Reading his, people praise and debate about his creative cause very much. By Thuy Khue. 12 - Bui Giang between us. By Tran Huu Thuc.

The book gathered a lot of Vietnamese translations of famous Chinese classical poems and other Vietnamese poems that written by the contemporary author - cultural researcher Nguyen Quang Tuan himself presenting his relatives & close friends in different & distinct private occasions.

The book is upgraded basing on former doctoral dissertation of the author himself and replenishing with a lot of new discovered materials. Contents: Chapters 1: Some sketches on geographical landscape and research situation of stone age's remains in Guang Xi Province (GXP - China). 2 - Late palaeolithic sites in GXP. Classification. The sites. 3 - Early neolithic sites in GXP. A rock-shelters. Caves. Coastal shell-dunes. River-self/bed sites. Some notes.

The author of the book - Mr. Thien Vu Vo Huy Quang used to be one of a hundreds of prisoner who was sentenced to death in Con Lon / Con Dao camp prison. He has been spend almost 35 years for collecting, selecting & editing photos & materials to the book that you are holding.

Contents: Chapters 1: Vietnam contemporary leadership opinions on the Paris negotiations (PN). 2 - Looking back on the PN. 3 - The Party leadership over the progression of the PN. 4 - The progression of the PN itself. 5 - Coordination between negotiating table and battle-field. 6 - International pressure in the PN. 7 - Appendix. Chronicle of the events of the PN. Documents (from Archives of the Vietnam Ministry of FA). Political of the Sides. PN from the view of other Side.

Contents:Part One: Yi jing (the Book of the Changes).

History of Yi jing & Yi jing's Studies. Yi jing: 64 divination's classifications of Bạch Thư Dịch (White book on the Changes) - the Chinese new discovery one in the year of 1984 of the last century. Sub-conclusion.
Part Two: Yi jing in prose.

From early times, marks/inscriptions occur on various types of Chinese ceramics, revealing manufacturing date, names of kilns or potters. In 1957, Madame Gaisy Lion Goldschmid published in Paris the book entitled Les potteries et Porcelaines Chinoise, attached with several appendices with Ming and Qing inscriptions in the seal and regular scripts. In 1971, that book was translated into Vietnamese and published in Saigon by Mr. Vuong Hong Sen (1902 - 1996) - a Vietnamese noted antique expert.

The book Hanoi of Thousand of Years was written & firstly published in the year of 1974. The edition that you are holding is a first reprint and it is provided a readership with materials, thinking & writing ways of Vietnam research staff of the more about 35 years ago.

This is a Collection that gathered a total of 18 writings & articles of Prof. Tran Quoc Vuong emphatically focusing on theme of ancient / old Hanoi & its related aspects.
Here are some the most representative ones:
1 - Ancient citadel of Co Loa - Au Lac. 2 - Geopolitical & cultural position of Hanoi in the context of Vietnam the whole & Red River Delta.

Contents: 1 - Some sketches over Hai Ba Trung ( ? - 42 AD ) Uprising. Vietnam - the State in ancient times & Chinese domination. The Uprising. Independence Declare. 2 - Legends, historic sites & vestiges relating to the Hai Ba Trung Uprising. 3 - Folk festivals & holidays that taking root from the Ly Dynasty. 4 - Image of Hai Ba Trung in folk poetry and written literary works.

The book was written in the first half of the last century by the French author - an officer of French Indochine Archives and covered a short but specially distinct period in the long progression of history of Hanoi.

This is a kind of Proceedings of discussion papers delivered at Workshop on theme Geneva Conference in the Year of 1954 on Vietnam: Looking back after 50 years that held July 16th, 2004 in Hanoi. The most of participants of the Workshop used to be actively & directly took part in the then Geneva Confertence (GC) and now are high ranking officials & holding an important positions of Vietnam Government. The Proceeding shed some light on the progression & results of the Geneva Conference (GC) from the other side - the Vietnam itself side.

Contents: Chapters: 1 - Theoretical issues on immigration & residence's (IR) practice in Vietnam (VN). 2 - Legal real situation on IR in VN. Application's performance. Formation & development through historic stages. Existing regulations on IR. Assessment on IR in VN today.

Vuong Hong Sen was a distinctive writer, profound cultural researcher, prestigious collector of antiques. His other pen-names were: Anh Vương, Đạt Cổ Trai, Vân Đường. He used to be an exemplary administrative official under French colonialism authority. He was the man who lived through almost 20th century and witnessed all historical events that took place in the South of Vietnam. Perhaps, he was an only man that having encyclopedic knowledge regarding many different fields relating to the Vietnam South culture.