From customary law through "huong uoc" (village rules) to the state law

Huong uoc” is of the Viet (Kinh) majority people and the product of village culture. It was written in Han (Chinese), Nom (Demotic or ancient Vietnamese) or Vietnamese scripts, and passed down from generation to generation. It is likely that at first, “huong uoc” was also made in verses and, like the customary law, orally transmitted among villagers, then later recorded in documents, in “huong uoc”. The relationship between the country and the village, between the State law and the village rule (huong uoc) is a diversified and complicated relationship.