W.Minh Tuan Legend has it that during the sixth reign of King Hung Vuong, the country was at peace for a long time. King Hung Vuong neglected to defend the country, so the An enemy invaded. At that time, in Phu Dong village, Bac Ninh province today, there was an old couple over 60 …
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Book Thinking about Vietnam country-Part 3: The second legend: Chu Dong Tu, Tien Dung
W.Minh Tuan Legend has it that during the time of the third Hung King, named Hung Quoc Vuong, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lac Long Quan-Au Co, in the Hung Yen region, Khoai Chau district today, about 30 km from Hanoi, there was a poor boy named Chu Dong Tu, both two …
Book Thinking about Vietnam-Part 3: 9 famous legends of the Hung King period. Legend 1: Lac Son, Hong Grandson, Mr. Lac Long Quan, and Mrs.Au Co and 100 eggs
W.Minh Tuan In the world, almost every country has its own treasures of famous fairy tales and legends. Germany has wonderful Grimm’s Fairy Tales, which are spread all over the world, for example, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, Cinderella, The Wolf and Little girl wearing a Red Hood,,,, .
Book Thinking about Vietnam country-Part 2: Is it true that during the Hung King period, Vietnamese people had own writing, called Khoa Dau?
W.Minh Tuan We know that we Vietnamese people do not have our own writing. In the past, we used Chinese characters. Then some scholars of the Tran Dynasty came up with Nom, but very few people used it.
The humanitarian tradition of our Vietnamese people
W.Minh Tuan In general, our Vietnamese people are a humane people, even though sometimes inhumane things happen, because no people in the world are 100% perfect and good. Vietnamese people have a saying: “Hit those who run away, not those who run back”, or “Love others as if you loved yourself”.