Series of events commemorating the death anniversary of King Ham Nghi at the Hue Monuments Conservation Center

Towards the 80th anniversary of the death of King Ham Nghi (1944-2023) and wishing to introduce to the public the life and career of a patriotic king and a talented artist, based on the results obtained from the working trip to France from August 21, 2022 to August 27, 2022 of the working delegation of Thua Thien Hue province, the Hue Monuments Conservation Center (Center) has collected documents and images related to King Ham Nghi, notably copies of artworks made by King Ham Nghi during his time in Algiers.

With that meaning, on the afternoon of January 10, 2023, at Duyet Thi Duong Theater, Imperial City - Hue , the Center coordinated with Dr. Amandine Dabat (French nationality, art history researcher, 5th generation descendant of King Ham Nghi, who did a PhD thesis on King Ham Nghi's artistic life) to organize "Introduction to the life and art of King Ham Nghi". At the event, Dr. Amandine Dabat introduced information, images, relics about the life and works of art of King Ham Nghi as well as some documents collected in the country so that Vietnamese people have the opportunity to admire and understand more about the life of King Ham Nghi. Speaking at the introduction, Director Hoang Viet Trung emphasized that the Center is continuing to exchange and cooperate closely with Dr. Amandine Dabat to share and receive and store many important original data and electronic data related to King Ham Nghi in the future. At the same time, “The Hue Monuments Conservation Center is also proposing that Thua Thien Hue province promote cooperative exchange activities with the Vietnamese Embassy in France, the French Far East Institute, the French National Archives Overseas in Aix en Provence, museums, researchers, collectors and conservation experts in France to exchange and search for important historical documents related to the Nguyen Dynasty to serve the research, conservation and restoration of Hue monuments in the coming time.”

Also in this series of events, on the same afternoon, the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum (under the Hue Monuments Conservation Center) opened an exhibition space about King Ham Nghi with the theme "King Ham Nghi (1871-1944) Life and Art" at the Te Tuu house. In addition to leaders of cultural departments in the province, the activity attracted many famous intellectuals of Hue, the Hue Royal Family and students of the Francophone community in Hue to attend.

This series of events is of special significance, opening up many opportunities for cultural exchange and promoting cooperation between Thua Thien Hue province and France; in the context of 2023 being the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and France, and at the same time the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam-France strategic partnership.

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