The state of research on the history of Vietnam, Hugues Tertrais. A history that is too political, splintered, foundering on the obstacles of stereo-typed language - or language itself - and nevertheless already devoted to the study of an old state tradition : such is the record of world research on Ho Chi Minh's country. One precious encouragement: it is indeed the history of the present that appears likely to bear tomorrow the long awaited synergies.Tertrais Hugues. Un état des recherches sur l'histoire du Vietnam. In: Vingtième Siècle, revue d'histoire, n°40, octobre-décembre 1993. pp. 97-114