On 20/3/2015, a talk entitled "Dong Son culture in the development of national history" was hold at the museum by the Communication Department, Vietnam National Museum of History. The speaker was Dr. Pham Quoc Quan - Former Director of the Museum of Vietnamese History and the Museum of Vietnamese Revolution.
Dr. Vu Manh Ha, Deputy Director of the museum addressed a welcome speech
It was attended by Dr. Vu Manh Ha - Deputy Director, Vice of Construction Management Board of the Vietnam National Museum of History, the museum's officers, historical experts and students in Hanoi.
Dr. Pham Quoc Quan, speaker of the talk
Dong Son culture was a notable archaeological culture and played an important role in the Vietnamese history. It was known for its numerous and high quality objects, in particular the bronze collection.
Guests and students at the talk
At the talk, Dr. Pham Quoc Quan spoke about the issues including concepts, distribution, date and the native of the Dong Son culture. After 90 years from the date of first discovery and through many studies, the concepts and the distribution of Dong Son culture have been expanded. The native characteristic of Dong Son culture has been proved through such development stages as from Phung Nguyen - Dong Dau - Go Mun to Dong Son... The talk was especially interested by the students through many questions that they made to the speaker. Also, many issues have been exchanged among the experts attending the talk.
Student raising questions
Hopefully, young officers and students can understand more about a famous culture that played an important role in our national history.
An exhibition on Dong Son culture is now available at the Vietnam National Museum of History (01 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi) and will last till end of April, 2015.
News/photos: Thu Nhuan, Nguyen Huong
EN: Tran Trang