The Complete Collection of Historical Notes of Daiviet is the central monument of traditional historical thought of Vietnam, a state chronicle covering the period from ancient times to 1675. , in the official edition of 1697 g. Volume 1 includes: An introductory chapter, including all the prefaces and supporting texts prepared in the more than four centuries during which this monument was compiled, as well as the first two chapters of the External Annals, dedicated to the period from 2879 to 1111 A.D. before n. e. This publication begins the publication of the world's first translation of the source into a foreign language .