Century-old photo album about local industries presented to archives centre
National Archives Centre No. 3 received a photo album on industries in Vietnam in the early years of the 20th century from a Vietnamese-French ethnologist on June 1.
Former Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Thiep (fouth from right) presents the album to National Archives Centre No. 3 on June 1. (Photo: baoquocte.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – National ArchivesCentre No. 3 received a photo album on industries in Vietnam in the early years of the 20th century from a Vietnamese-French ethnologist on June 1.
The album, titled “Technique duPeuple Annamite” (Technique of the Annamese people), was a gift from ethnologistVu Thi Xuan Phuong presented via the Vietnamese Embassy in France.
Former Vietnamese Ambassador toFrance Nguyen Thiep handed over the collection to the centre.
This album was a result of fact-findingtrips by Henri Oger, a researcher on Oriental cultures and a student of LouisFinot - the first director of the Hanoi-based French School of the Far East, inHanoi and neighbouring areas while he was working for the French expeditionary forcein Indochina in 1908 - 1909.
Gathering photos of all local industriesin the early 20th century, the album was produced in around 1910 by usingthe traditional woodblock printing technique of Vietnamese people.
There are only four copies of thisalbum left in the world at present, and they are currently kept at Vietnameseand French libraries.
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Former Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Thiep (fouth from right) presents the album to National Archives Centre No. 3 on June 1. (Photo: baoquocte.vn) 
