This textbook is the last in the national history series developed by the Ministry of Education in Saigon and used in all public schools in Vietnam. The three books in this series have been reprinted in their entirety from the original editions for use in elementary schools in the United States which have Vietnamese students. The grade 4 text contains fifty chapters, which cover Vietnamese history from the beginning to the end of the Trinh rule and the close of the second Ly Dynasty. All illustrations are provided in black and white; therefore, references to colored illustrations in the text should be ignored. (CFM)