The History of the Study of "The Full Collection of Daiviet's Historical Notes" - the Major Work of the Traditional Historiography of Vietnam
The article is devoted to the study carried out in Vietnam and abroad concerning the major work of the traditional historiography of Vietnam - «The full collection of Daiviet's historical notes» - from the XVIII century and up to now. Special attention is given to a discussion that arose in the eighties of the XX century. The main subject of the discussion was which of the preserved engravings of the chronicle (xylographs) are the most ancient. The article also mentions the conference held in Hanoi in 1988, where this problem was raised. Most traditional methods used for studying the work mentioned above are no more efficient, and the answers given to the most important questions and acknowledged by the majority of scientists are still doubtful.