[3] It is a joint publication of the Kaunokirjallisuus-kustantamo (Van Hoc) and the Kalevala and Karelian Cultural Information Center Juminkeko, which has also been funded by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

[1] Kuhmo's Juminkeko Foundation, which was involved in the project, launched a website about The Children of Mon and Man on the 2009 Kalevala Day in Finnish, English and Vietnamese.

[6] The epic is divided into two entities, the first or mythical part of which tells of the birth of things important to the world and to the Vietnamese.

[3][2] The mythical part tells the story of the ancestors of all people, the primordial gods Mon and Man.

The hero part tells the story of three peoples who end up in a common battle against an outside enemy and then live in harmony.