The document discusses the historical development of accounting. It begins with early forms of accounting using stones and clay tokens dating back 10,000 years. Double-entry bookkeeping was developed in the 1400s and published by Luca Pacioli. Accounting further developed during the Industrial Revolution and modernized with standardized principles and specialized fields. The document also provides an overview of accounting in Vietnam, from early feudal systems to developments after the country's reunification and economic reforms starting in the 1990s.