The Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục (chữ Hán: 欽定越史通鑑綱目, lit.

[1][2] It was written in Văn ngôn (which is a form of Classical Chinese used in Vietnam).

Emperor Tự Đức's interest in history led him to order the creation of this book in 1856.

Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục was translated into the Vietnamese alphabet in 1960.

Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục contains 53 volumes.