Travel records in Vietnam have a separate history associated with the characteristics of each period. Nearly the first two decades of the twenty-first century, according to researchers forecasts, is the "rising" period of the travel journal. Indeed, a series of travels have been born in recent times, drawing the attention of readers as well as researchers for this literary genre. Within the scope of this article, the author gives an overview of the research situation of the first half of the twentieth century literature by researchers of the same time and from 1986 to the present.