An exhibition of Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) royal records / FILE PHOTO As Vietnam prepares to submit a set of 19th century royal records for UNESCO world heritage recognition, it is time local authorities made the documents more accessible, researchers argue. The administrative records of Vietnam's last ruling Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are almost never accessed by the public or even serious researchers for that matte, mostly because they haven't been translated or digitized, experts said. Dao Hai Yen with the Center for National Archives in Hanoi, where the records are being kept, said 453 people came to read the documents between 2005 and 2012, with the highest annual number of readers at 136 and the lowest 15. This means 56-57 people read them every year on average, or one person per week, she said. Most of them were historians and researchers of Han - Nom, an old script combining Han Chinese with Vietnamese ideography. "The lack of people interested in the … [Read more...] about Authorities urged to make Vietnam royal records more accessible
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Vo Nguyen Giap – Vietnam’s Legendary General
Vo Nguyen Giap - national hero and the legendary General of Vietnam passed away at the age of 103 at Central Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi. During his revolutionary life spanning over 80 years, the General rendered significant services to the Party and the nation. As an eminent student close to President Ho Chi Minh, the first General and Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnamese People's Army, he was loved and respected by the people and international friends and was the pride of generations of officers and soldiers nationwide. His death is a great loss to the Party, the State, people and army. To commemorate the beloved General, Vietnam Pictorial would like to introduce readers to memorable articles and images about General Vo Nguyen Giap on Vietnam Pictorial. General Vo Nguyen Giap in issue No.2 of "Vietnam Image" (Present-day Vietnam Pictorial) published in December 1954 After the victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1945) President Ho Chi Minh and The Party Central Committee instructed … [Read more...] about Vo Nguyen Giap – Vietnam’s Legendary General
Who will intervene? Germ War: the US Record
Long, grisly track record in chemical and biological warfare makes US outrage over Syria phony and hypocritical Pakistani protesters belonging to United Citizen Action (UCA) shout anti-US slogans during a protest in Multan on September 3, 2013, against a possible US attack on Syria in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Bashar al-Assad government. Photo: AFP The United States has deployed its CBW (chemical and biological warfare) arsenal against the Philippines, Puerto Rico, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Cuba, Haitian boat people and Canada, and exposed of hundreds of thousands of unwitting US citizens to an astonishing array of germ agents and toxic chemicals, killing dozens of people. The US experimentation with bio-weapons goes back to the distribution of cholera-infect blankets to American Indian tribes in the 1860s. In 1900, US Army doctors in the Philippines infected five prisoners with a variety of plague and 29 prisoners with … [Read more...] about Who will intervene? Germ War: the US Record
Transport squadron a strong hand of Vietnam army
At the vast Gia Lam military airbase in Hanoi, on the morning of a late April day, the area was dominated by the earth-shaking sound of the engines of several transport aircraft. The military transport flying regiment 918 under the Vietnam Air Force is stationed at Tan Son Nhat Airport and usually extends its service nationwide. "Today we have only Antonov An-26 and Antonov An-2 freighter aircraft here. The squadron’s M-28 is assigned to operations in the South. And we are preparing to receive and operate the state-of-the-art multi-role Casa-212 surveillance planes," said senior lieutenant colonel Le Kiem Toan -- chief of the 918 Regiment. Long, heroic history Squadron An-2 was established in 1958, with the mission of providing military transport supplies to battlefields. Thanks to its excellent low speed and low altitude maneuverability for surveillance missions, the Antonov An-2 transport aircraft -- originally manufactured and supplied by the USSR -- has been put into use … [Read more...] about Transport squadron a strong hand of Vietnam army
The ‘Air cobra’ of Vietnam’s air force
Tuoi Tre journalists witnessed a flight training day with the Su-30MK2 fleet -- the state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft which is likened to a master cobra in the air -- belonging to Division 370 of the Vietnam Air Force. With its improved avionics, the all-weather, long-range strike fighter is designed for dedicated use as a maritime strike aircraft as well as for air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. At 7:15 the morning of the training day, pilots, aviation experts and air ordnance staff arrived at the training ground on one of Vietnam’s military air bases. Around an hour earlier, the officers of the multi-role strike aircraft Regiment 935 of Division 370 had attended a technical meeting to assign tasks. The flight planning chart hung on the wall was marked with serried handwritings of the names and codes of pilots, names and numbers of aircraft, and flight attendance and time. Each flight was also noted with specific training … [Read more...] about The ‘Air cobra’ of Vietnam’s air force