Among the documents on Indochina during the colonial era kept in the Overseas National Archives (ANOM, France), those documents written in Sino-Vietnamese characters have an important role in the entire ensemble. However, perhaps to this day these documents are still unknown. This article aims to present the initial result of research on this source of unique documents. Specifically, it includes three main part: the systematic presentation of the documents; the official royal documents during the Nguyen dynasty; and through these documents, a view on the lives of the villagers around Hanoi during the colonial period.Se trouvant aux Archives nationales d'outre-mer (ANOM, France), parmi les documents de l'Indochine à l'époque coloniale, les d...