VNS (Hanoi)
The French consulate in HCM City and the city’s Library of General Sciences opened on Wednesday an exhibition of century-old documents that the consulate digitised recently after one year’s hard restoration work.
Treasures of Written Heritage of Viet Nam has around 1,300 displays of French books and periodicals published between 1858 and 1954.
"These… represent a monumental set of scientific knowledge about the former Indochinese countries and a remarkable resource for researchers and the public in general," Nicolas Warnery, French consul general, said.
"Unfortunately, until now, it was a treasure that was almost inaccessible and threatened by rapid deterioration."
In fact, many of the books had been badly damaged over the years and were in such a precarious state that they could fall apart very soon, he said.
"A whole page of the heritage of Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos would thus be erased and an irreplaceable testimony on the history that France shares with these three countries would disappear for ever."
Visitors to the exhibition can also see one of the most valuable ancient documents stored at the library – Henri Oger’s book on carved paintings titled Technique du Peuple Annamite (Annam People’s Techniques).
Warnery said the Netherlands Consulate and the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient (the French Far-Eastern School) would help reprint Oger’s book.
The digitisation was funded by the French government with the materials set to be archived digitally as the Bibliotheca Vietnamica and linked to the Bibliotheca Indosinica which is expected to have more than 3,200 old documents from the region.
The month-long exhibition is on at the HCM City Library for General Sciences, 69 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1.
Treasures of Written Heritage of Viet Nam has around 1,300 displays of French books and periodicals published between 1858 and 1954.
"These… represent a monumental set of scientific knowledge about the former Indochinese countries and a remarkable resource for researchers and the public in general," Nicolas Warnery, French consul general, said.
"Unfortunately, until now, it was a treasure that was almost inaccessible and threatened by rapid deterioration."
In fact, many of the books had been badly damaged over the years and were in such a precarious state that they could fall apart very soon, he said.
"A whole page of the heritage of Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos would thus be erased and an irreplaceable testimony on the history that France shares with these three countries would disappear for ever."
Visitors to the exhibition can also see one of the most valuable ancient documents stored at the library – Henri Oger’s book on carved paintings titled Technique du Peuple Annamite (Annam People’s Techniques).
Warnery said the Netherlands Consulate and the Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient (the French Far-Eastern School) would help reprint Oger’s book.
The digitisation was funded by the French government with the materials set to be archived digitally as the Bibliotheca Vietnamica and linked to the Bibliotheca Indosinica which is expected to have more than 3,200 old documents from the region.
The month-long exhibition is on at the HCM City Library for General Sciences, 69 Ly Tu Trong Street, District 1.
11 comments:
Anything that related to Cambodian's land might be deleted because it is being restored in vietnam. I would be surprise to see vietnam territory is bigger than Cambodia in that digitise format.
i hope it is not saying Prey Nokor is belong to Vietnam since day one. Cause since the Vietnam manipulating or twisting the history around.
"French government with the materials set to be archived digitally as the Bibliotheca Vietnamica" As far as I am concerned the name "Bibliotheca Vietnamica" is dedicated to the Viet culture and people and the rest is just a cut and paste of Cambodian and Laos history to confuse the world over!
Tell me something that I don't understand! Is this how the French government shows their appreciation to the Viet for losing the war at Dien Banphou?
I will keep on praying that one day Vietname will become another Yugoslavia! The Khmer Krom people have the right to self-determination!
God help Vietnam because your Khmers are dumb good in killing each others. Vietnam is Victory, Khmers is Killer.
The North and South Viets senselessly killed each other during the Vietnam War, plus the onslaughts from the American, the French, and the Chinese. All together, over 2 millions Viet dogs were dead by the end of the war. Then, the KR insurgents caused the death of around 60,000 VN occupied troops in Cambodia. And, the Agent Orange still continues to cause deformed birth among the Viet population, plus the HIV/AIDS and illegal drugs trafficked from the Golden Triangle to Vietnam through Cambodia and Laos.
How is that for your victory, Viet at 9:25 AM? This is God's countdown to your ultimate extinction.
Eversince there was a written history, Vietnam is always the country at war with others, because it is the country of aggression in nature. Now the U.S needs them to contain China and they use the U.S for their trade. China also need them for good friendly neighbor in ASEAN and they use China for trade to build their their country to become a superpower economically. Once they became a superpower economically, so their military spending also increase. Once they are strong they will flex their muscle again. There is no way that I believe this Vietnamese country is the true friend to either the American or the Chinese. They only use these as tools to build their country to become the supper power in the region and then they will take on China. China must be becareful of this Vietnamese country. They don't like peace. They are no true friend to anyone. They will eat you alive if they can.
French is suck. They have done nothing to justice in Indochina. They came to Indochina to exploitation. They sides with Vietnam and leave the weak in vain. They are no good colonizer. They don't care about the people they colonized and they were chiefs of Khmer artifacts.
Viet want to be Super Power?
hahahahhahahahahah!
That's in the past now we are united we have peace growing.
Vietnam is victory.
Khmer is killers.
Victory with the Oragne Agent helped caused mutation in your Viet genes.
Unless all the stupid Cambodian politicians have brain transplant and change their stupid way of doing geopolitics and the Thaicong and the Vietcong will always want to go to war with neutral and weaponless Cambodia!
If the fucken Thaicong and the Vietcong want to see a total destruction of Cambodia and there will be a price to pay!
It is a fucken big mistake to make Cambodian people live in fear! In the past, the destruction of Cambodia will only push a Cambodian population to support a hardliner politicians (the Khmer Rouge) to fight any Thaicong and Vietcong' ambition toward Cambodia!
Now in the first 21st century for any ass kissing stupid Cambodian leaders toward the Thaicong and the Vietcong will not last very long because the knowledge of the past mistake Cambodian population are in a better position in choosing next generation of Cambodian leaders!
Every year the CPP Vietcong puppet government is wining through manipulation of the ballot box and every year they are losing little by little among Cambodian population!
If the Sam Rainsy keep making progress every year like this and it won't be long Sam Rainsy Party will win after 2 or 3 more term of Vietcong puppet leader in power!
Cambodian Population have a choice not to live fear!
fuck the french!!!
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