French documentary on Vietnam’s history on screen

A documentary on Vietnam’s history is being screened at 55 cinemas in France, according to the French newspaper - Le Monde.

The film, L’Empire du Milieu du Sud (The Empire of Mid-South), is made
at a cost of 3 million EUR by well-known French directors Jacques Perrin
and Eric Deroo. It outlines the situation of a France-dominated
Indochina and Vietnam’s resistance wars for independence.

Le
Monde said the film makers spent more than ten years to research and
collect documents and films not only of France but also of Japan, China,
Australia, the US, Cuba, Russia and Poland for making this film.

Director
Jacques Perrin is known for his recent documentary – Ocean – that was
screened at the first Vietnam International Film Festival last October.

Earlier,
he made a success in co-directing a documentary titled Le Peuple
Migrateur (2001) on bird’s migration that was shot in many countries,
including Vietnam.

The co-author of “L’Empire du Milieu du Sud”,
Eric Deroo is a historical researcher and director who authored numerous
research works on Vietnam and Indochina./.

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Int’l workshop on Hanoi takes place in France

A two-day workshop themed, “Thousand year history of Hanoi ” was held
in the French capital of Paris from November 8-9.

Attending the workshop were scholars, scientists and Vietnam ’s
history researchers from many universities in Asia, Europe and the
United States .

Through scientific reports, images
and historical documentary films on Hanoi, Vietnamese and foreign
scientists have highlighted Hanoi’s specific characteristics through
time as well as depicted Vietnam’s strength and efforts in fighting
foreign invaders.

Professor of Paris University 7
Emmanuel Poisson, an expert in researching Vietnam ’s history from the
15 th – 17 th centuries, said this event was a good opportunity for
scholars and scientists to acknowledge and precisely assess Hanoi ’s
importance in developing socio-economic, cooperation relations in many
areas of life.

In the framework of the workshop, a
round-table conference with the theme, “French insights into Hanoi ,
from war city to peace city”./.

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