Collector Nguyen Phi Dung

Collector Nguyen Phi Dung ( Nam Dinh ) currently owns more than 20 tons of newspapers with many different pages and genres. He devoted a dedicated space to each newspaper, including newspapers that are hundreds of years old, or early revolutionary newspapers such as Cuu Quoc, Doc Lap, Co Giai Phong, etc., which have historical value for the country.

For him, newspaper is not only the intelligence, responsibility and love of journalists behind the words, what he is doing, the passion for collecting and spreading to the younger generation, is the way to preserve a part of the country's history of this responsible man.

He named the room where newspapers are kept "PDC Newspaper Collection Room". The room is equipped with air conditioning and dehumidifiers to preserve the newspapers. Newspapers are neatly arranged on shelves, reaching up to the ceiling by Mr. Dung; he classifies newspapers by topic, genre, time period, current events...

Over time, the number of newspapers has increased, and it will be difficult to keep the paper newspapers intact, and preservation work will also encounter many difficulties. Collector Nguyen Phi Dung's wish is to open a Museum to improve the storage and preservation of publications, as well as digital transformation to preserve data sustainably for future generations.

Journalist & Public Opinion Newspaper would like to send to readers a large-scale collection of collector Nguyen Phi Dung:

Collector Nguyen Phi Dung (Nam Dinh city, Nam Dinh province) is quite famous in the antiques collecting world. With his "museum" of newspapers, he is always ready to open the door to welcome visitors to his massive treasure trove.

In the room of hundreds of square meters, there are many newspapers and magazines that Mr. Dung has collected. Among them are the first newspapers of the early Vietnamese press, rare and valuable.

Although the area is small compared to a museum, he arranged the press publications and documents quite scientifically . In the photo, he reserved an area for Spring and Tet newspapers.

People's Newspaper and People's Army Newspaper are the publications that occupy a large number. He has all the newspapers from the first issues to the later ones, all are classified by time markers.

The People's Newspaper, published in May 1954, talked about the event "We have won the Dien Bien Phu battle". Thanks to careful and meticulous preservation, the original issues have remained intact for more than 70 years.

He has many unique press publications. This is one of the publications in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, the People's Army Newspaper organized a front-line editorial office, published 33 issues right at the front, distributed directly to officers and soldiers in the trenches.

Inheriting the collection of old newspapers left by his father, today, from old relationships in the antique collecting world to social networks, Mr. Dung hunts for newspapers quickly. Just need to make a phone call to tell him where to sell old newspapers, he will come to the place to buy.

Every day he still spends many hours reading, classifying, arranging and recording all publications so that readers and visitors can easily look them up.

Although the high-rise building, located on the main street of the city, is not for rent, he still dedicates most of the space to preservation. Many of the first issues of major domestic press agencies are kept here.

According to collector Nguyen Phi Dung, there are many old newspapers with good quality paper that can be kept for a long time without fear of termites. In the photo is the area where thousands of issues of the Journalist and Public Opinion Newspaper are kept.

He has regular and special issues of the Journalist and Public Opinion newspapers.

The first Saigon Giai Phong newspaper was published on May 5, 1975.

On October 15, 1954, Vietnam Pictorial launched its first issue. With the name of the first issues being "Images of Vietnam" throughout the past six decades, Vietnam Pictorial has continued to play its role as a photographic chronicle, realistically and vividly portraying the country and people of Vietnam.

On October 10, 1942, the Party Central Committee published the Liberation Flag newspaper. The Liberation Flag newspaper was headed by comrade Truong Chinh, the Party's General Secretary. The newspaper published 16 issues from 1942 to 1944.

Among the thousands of newspapers he collected, there were 5 rare newspapers.

Collector Nguyen Phi Dung also donated many artifacts, old newspapers and antique newspapers to various units, such as: Vietnam Journalism Museum (Vietnam Journalists Association), Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, Nam Dinh Provincial People's Committee and many other museums.

The press reflects life, providing us with information on all aspects of Vietnamese society through the ages. Mr. Dung wants to preserve everything not only for himself but also for anyone who needs to learn about a period of history, the political, economic, cultural, social or artistic developments of the country.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/nha-suu-tam-nguyen-phi-dung--nguoi-luu-giu-kho-bau-bao-chi-cach-mang-viet-nam-post299351.html