Director of the Vietnam Press Museum Tran Thi Kim Hoa (L) and French collector Jean Marie Jacquemin besides the book “1968 - 1973 Verrières-le-Buisson: Havre De Paix” (Photo: VNA) The book is a collection of hundredsof articles posted on French and other countries’ newspapers. It was firstpublished in 2013 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of thesigning of the Paris Peace Accords, and then reprinted in 2023 to mark 50 yearssince the signing.
The articles wrote about the war inVietnam, the negotiation on the Paris Peace Accords – considered one of thelongest talks in the 20th century, and the presence of the delegationof the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam atHouse No 49 (now No 17) on Cambacérès street in Verrières-le-Buisson cityduring the accords negotiation and signing from 1968 to 1973.
Part of the book was reserved for theVietnamese people’s enduring struggle against consequences of Agent Orange usedby the US army during the war.
Jacquemin, who used to work at the LeMonde newspaper’s printing house for over 30 years, has a hobby of collectingbooks, newspapers, documents, and stamps according to topics, including thejust struggle of the Vietnamese people.
With his love for the country and hisspecial respect for Nguyen Thi Binh, former Vice President of Vietnam who actedas Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republicof South Vietnam and head of its negotiation delegation, 15 years ago, hedecided to gather the articles, photos, and documents related to the Vietnamwar and the connection between Verrières-le-Buisson city and the Vietnamesefriends, who were his neighbours then.
Visiting Jacquemin in Massy communein the suburbs of Paris on August 27, Director of the Vietnam Press Museum TranThi Kim Hoa presented the museum’s certificate recognising his donations.
Jacquemin said he is happy that theresult of his multiple-year collection and compilation has been welcomed in sucha respectful manner, and that he has donated the publications to all of thosewishing to see the materials about Vietnam he collected.
As Vietnam will celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Revolutionary Press Day in 2025, he also presented themuseum a collection of photos and postcards depicting the production process ofa Le Monde issue, from writing, editing, to printing, distributing and selling,in the 1970s - 1980s.
The book is highly valuable since it comprises international publications aboutthe negotiation on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam, Hoa told the Vietnam News Agency.
She also described Jacquemin’s postcardcollection presented to the museum as a surprising and greatly meaningful gifton the threshold of the centenary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day./.
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