This book is in like new condition.

Việt Nam, A Long History was written by Nguyễn Khắc Viện in French and first published in Việt Nam in 1976. Later, it was translated into English, Russian, German and Spanish. In 1999, L'Hamartan in France re-printed the French edition published by Thế Giới in 1993.

The fact that the book has up to now been re-published seven times proves its attractiveness to foreign readers. It was awarded the State Prize in 2001 by the Vietnamese government as a distinguished work in Social Sciences and Humanities. Earlier, the author Nguyễn Khắc Viện was awarded the Grand Prix de la Francophonie by the French Academy of Science in 1992 for this book, together with many of his works written in French.