HA NOI – A book of photographs has been published covering the major political events in Viet Nam around the time independence was declared in Ha Noi in 1945.
Entitled Ky Uc Ve Nhung Ngay Doc Lap Dau Tien 1945-46 (Memory of the First Days of Independence), the book reproduces more than 200 images taken from August 17, 1945 to June 18, 1946.
Most photos were taken in the capital and northern provinces. The events were captured by photographers from the Ministry of Propaganda of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (the former name of the current Socialist Republic of Viet Nam).
The photos are mostly from a photo album presented to an officer with the French High Commissioner by the revolutionary government.
The album then was given to the French journalist and historian Phillippe Devillers. Sixty years later, it was presented to Professor Phan Huy Le, President of the Viet Nam Association of History Science.
Another book on Viet Nam's leading patriot, titled Ho Chi Minh, Nguoi Mang Lai Anh Sang (Ho Chi Minh, Bringer of Light), has also been published.
Contained 61 articles by domestic and foreign writers, its name is the headline of an article for Asian Time written by Stanley Karnow. It was published on April 14, 1998.
A Pulitzer Prize winner, Karnow is a specialist on Viet Nam. – VNS
