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Never-published pictures of Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap

Never-published pictures of Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap
VietNamNet Bridge – 101 photos featuring the daily life of General Vo Nguyen Giap by journalist-photographer Tran Tuan are now on the first-ever display at an exhibition in Hanoi celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army.
The exhibition opened at 45 Trang Tien on December 21. Tran Tuan is a journalist of the Vietnam News Agency, a member of the Vietnamese Photographers’ Association who has taken photos for General Vo Nguyen Giap since 1975.

The legendary general does morning exercises on the beach of Vung Tau city.
General Vo Nguyen Giap met with former US Secretary of Defense
McNamara at the Government Guest House (1997).
General Vo Nguyen Giap and Mr. Le Gian (former director of the Police
General Department from 1946-1954) at General Giap’s 90th birthday.
General Vo Nguyen Giap paid a compliment to Mrs. Nguyen Thi Vinh,
108, whose family deserved credit for the country in 1996.
General Vo Nguyen Giap talked with Nguyen Hung, a horse tender –
soldier in the Viet Bac base in the past.
Thai ethnic girls welcome General Vo Nguyen Giap’s return to
the old battlefield after half of a century.
General Vo Nguyen Giap and Heroic Mother Vo Thi Hoi (1996).
The general waits for a train at Geneva station (September 21 1996).
A white camellia tree in the front yard of General Vo Nguyen Giap’s house at 30 Hoang Dieu.
General Vo Nguyen Giap and former Party Chief Le Kha Phieu at his home in 2000.
General Vo Nguyen Giap takes photo with veterans of Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district in 1999.
General Vo Nguyen Giap talks with writer-colonel Huu Mai at the Tan Trao Museum (1995).
General Vo Nguyen Giap reads Selected Works of Ho Chi Minh
General Vo Nguyen Giap and his friend – Professor Tran Van Giau.
At Geneva Lake, Switzerland (1996).
General Giap visits Ngoc Ha relic.
After visiting the Cu Chi tunnels, the general takes a nap under bamboos (1996).
With two assistants Nguyen Tam and Trinh Nguyen Huan.
The General gets his hair cut at No. 11 Phan Dinh Phung.
The General met with Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Quang (1996).
General Vo Nguyen Giap and his friends, relatives at his home.
The general listens to the report about the construction of Dien Bien Phu Victory Statue in 2004.
General Vo Nguyen Giap and veterans.
The General does morning exercise during his holiday in Vung Tau (1996).
An old farmer presents the General with a dish of banh troi (traditional rice cake)
when he paid a visit to Hat Mon temple in Ha Tay (1995).
The General at the Dien Bien Phu Victory Monument in 2004.
On the Muong Thanh (Dien Bien Phu) bridge.
The General in Geneva.
He was warmly welcomed by the Geneva Governor in September 1996.
Painter Le Duy Ung portrays the General.
 Photographer Tran Tuan.

France introduces a book on General Vo Nguyen Giap

France introduces a book on General Vo Nguyen Giap
VietNamNet Bridge – French historic professor Alain Ruscio introduced a book entitled “Vo Nguyen Giap – a life” in Paris on February 21.

Photo: Vietnam+
This is part of activities under the framework of “Anti-colonialism Week” starting in France on February 18.

The book compiled and edited by Alain Ruscio from 1979 to 2008 was published by Les Indes Savantes.

In the preface, the author expressed his pride of meeting with General Vo Nguyen Giap when he was a correspondent and special envoy of l’Humanite Newspaper in Hanoi in 1979 to cover the 25th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory. He never forgets that first meeting.

Later, whenever he returned to Vietnam Alain Ruscio tried to see General Giap again. However in January 2010, General Giap could not receive him because he was too weak at the age of 100.

Alain Ruscio had collected General Giap’s writings, speeches and historic thesis and divided the book into five parts to introduce General Giap’s life since he was a teacher of history, then became a patriotic youth, a revolutionary theorist and a revolutionary practician to fight French colonialists and American imperialists.

The man who took photos of General Giap for 35 years

The man who took photos of General Giap for 35 years
VietNamNet Bridge – “I take photos of General Vo Nguyen Giap, as a son takes photos of his father,” says journalist, photographer Tran Tuan.


Journalist Tran Tuan and General Vo Nguyen Giap.
2011 is a very special year for Tran Tuan, a correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). On the occasion of the 100th birthday of General Vo Nguyen Giap, he has completed a photo book entitled “101 moments about General Vo Nguyen Giap”. By early August, he organized photo exhibitions of General Vo Nguyen Giap in five provinces. Most of the photos in the photo book and photo exhibitions are made public for the first time.

Tuan said that he met with the legendary general the first time in Hue city in 1976. At that time he was a correspondent of the VNA at the Hue branch. Since then, he followed the general to the southern battlefield.

“The first time I took photo of the General, besides my admiration and my love to him, I knew that it was the destiny between me and him. I knew that I would take photos of his daily moments and preserve them,” Tuan said.

After a long trip to the southern battlefield with the General in 1976, he returned to Hanoi and had chance to see the General often. He will never forget the General’s statement when Tuan paid a visit to the General in Hanoi: “I appreciate Mr. Tuan. Wherever I go, I ask the office (his office) to inform Mr. Tuan so he can follow me.”

That statement opened Tuan’s period of 35 years following the General, with many valuable memories.

As the only correspondent escorting the General during many business trips, Tuan had opportunity to record unique moments of the general. 

Tuan said that to pursue his passion of taking daily moments of the legendary general, he ignored many opportunities of promotion. He has taken thousands of photos of General Vo Nguyen Giap, which he has not made public yet. 

“Besides my assignments, I followed the General to take photos of him for myself only. I spent my salary in purchasing films because it is my personal job,” he said.

“Some people commented that I took photos of the General as a son takes photos of his father. It is true!”

With thousands of photos about the legendary general, Tuan wished to open an exhibition and publish a photo book but until late 2010, he got the General’s permission.

“I asked for his permission many times, but he said it was unnecessary and I should open photo exhibitions of soldiers, war invalids and martyrs who have sacrificed for the country,” Tuan said.

Unique moments of General Vo Nguyen Giap:

One year after the country’s unification (1975), General Vo Nguyen Giap paid a visit to the 
military command of Thua Thien-Hue province. In this photo Major general Le Nam
 Khanh introduced officials of the military command of Thua Thien-Hue province to the General.






This picture was taken in 1976 at Thien My pagoda, in Hue city. Senior monk Thich 
Don Hau, Chairman of the Committee for Peace, Unification and Democracy of the 
National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam talks with Party Secretary General, 
Le Duan (first from the right) and General, Commander-in-chief Vo Nguyen Giap.






General Vo Nguyen Giap visited the tea shop of Tran Thi Tinh, an artist of the
 art troupe of Ha Tuyen province in 1990.






Senior lieutenant colonel--war-invalid painter, Le Duy Ung, portraited the 
General in 1993. The work was completed within one hour. According
 to Tran Tuan, this is one of the most beautiful portraits of General Vo Nguyen Giap.







General Vo Nguyen Giap received former US Secretary of Defense, Mc 
Namara at the Government Guest House in June 1997.






The General paid a visit to an oil and gas work in Vung Tau city in 1996.





He listened to Dr. Nguyen Sy Hung (first from the right), Chairman of the Management
 Board of Vietnam Airlines introduced a new aircraft model in 2004.






50 years after the Dien Bien Phu Victory, he told Senior Lieutenant General, 
Tran Sam: “It is very good to see each others here!”






At the meeting to celebrate the 50th Dien Bien Phu Victory, the General could not 
hold his tears when he talked about martyrs.






The General listened to the story of Nam Duoc, former Chairman of the War of Resistance 
Committee of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in 1946-1952, about the hard fight during the war
 of resistance against the French. 
General Vo Nguyen Giap took a siesta in Cu Chi, HCM City.
Journalist, photographer Tran Tuan and General Vo Nguyen Giap.

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General Vo Nguyen Giap’s life in pictures

General Vo Nguyen Giap’s life in pictures
VietNamNet Bridge – The hereafter 50 photos partly portrays General Vo Nguyen Giap, the great military leader of Vietnam and the world.

Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap 

These photos are selected from the book “General, Commander in Chief Vo Nguyen Giap”, which was published by the Ministry of Information and Communications this year to celebrate the General’s 100th birthday.

General Vo Nguyen Giap was born in a teacher’s family on the bank of Kien Giang
 River in Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province in central Vietnam. He joined
 the revolution campaign very early. Photo: General Vo Nguyen Giap,
 his parents, his daughter Hong Anh (white) and his grandchildren in 1946.






General Vo Nguyen Giap, his wife – Dang Bich Ha and five children: Vo Hong Anh, Vo Hanh
 Phuc, Vo Dien Bien, Vo Hong Nam and Vo Hoa Binh (1963).






The first articles written by Vo Nguyen Giap, with pen name Hai Thanh, on 
Tieng Dan (People’s Voice) Newspaper in 1929.






In 1930, at the age of 19, Vo Nguyen Giap was arrested and detained at the Thua Phu Prison in Hue city.





After taking the law degree, he became a teacher.





On December 22, 1944, the Armed Propaganda Brigade for the Liberation of Vietnam
 was established, with 34 soldiers, led by Vo Nguyen Giap.






On August 26, 1945, Commander-in-chief Vo Nguyen Giap passed the troop in review for the first time in Hanoi.





On September 2, 1946, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam celebrated its 
1st anniversary. General Vo Nguyen Giap read the order of the day of the Army Party Committee.






In 1948, at the age of 37, Vo Nguyen Giap was brevetted as High-ranking General 
and became the first High-ranking General of the Vietnam People’s Army. 
General Vo Nguyen Giap worked at the Viet Bac military base in 1949.






President Ho Chi Minh and General, Commander-in-chief Vo Nguyen Giap at 
the headquarters of the Border Campaign in 1950.






General Vo Nguyen Giap inspected newly-liberated Cao Bang town in 1950.





He welcomed soldiers back from the Border Campaign.






General Vo Nguyen Giap and Majo general Tran Dai Nghia, head of the Military Weapon 
Department, at an exhibition of weapon manufactured by Vietnam in 1950.






General Vo Nguyen Giap and Prince Souphanouvong discussed the Upper Laos Campaign 
1953, which made a breakthrough for the victory of the war of resistance against the French of Vietnam and Laos.






President Ho Chi Minh and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed the Dien Bien Phu Campaign 1954. 





Commander in Chief Vo Nguyen Giap commanded to fire at 5.30pm, March 13,
 1954 to open the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.






The order to open the Dien Bien Phu Campaign. A 900kg explosive exploded at 8.30pm on May 6,
 1954, on A1 Hill as the order of attack in Dien Bien Phu battlefield.






The General kept track of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign.





He paid a visit to Dien Bien Phu after the great victory on May 7, 1954.





Soldiers chaired the General at the success celebration on May 13, 1954.





The General saw war invalids after the Dien Bien Phu Campaign (1954).





He praised local people and members of the Gianh River transport team to contribute 
to transporting goods to the front (1968).







He paid a visit to war invalids at the army hospital 108 in Hanoi on the Day for War 
Invalids and Martyrs, July 27, 1969.






General Vo Nguyen Giap and other generals discussed the Road 9 – South Laos 
Campaign at a Truong Son forest in 1971.






He approved the plan to fight the US’ B52 aircraft in Hanoi in 1972.





The General inspected Quang Ninh coast in 1973.





He researched the strategic transport route of Truong Son soldier in March 1973.





He paid a visit to the elder militia unit in Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province, 
which shot down US aircrafts by rifles at the parade on the National Day 1983.






The Politburo decided to carry out the General Attack to Liberate South Vietnam from December 
1974 to January 1975. General Vo Nguyen Giap was a member of the General Staff of the general attack.






The Military Commission of the Central Party Committee kept track of the Ho Chi Minh Campaign 1975.





On March 10, 1977, General Vo Nguyen Giap led a military delegation to the USSR at the 
invitation of Marshal Dmitry Ustinov.






The General and hero Pham Tuan visited the Gagarin training centre in the USSR in July 1980.





General Vo Nguyen Giap talked with President Fidel Castro during his visit to Cuba.





The General received former US Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, in 1995.





In 2006, during his visit to Vietnam, Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez presented General 
Giap a copy of the precious sword of hero Simon Bolivar.






The General paid a visit to Dien Bien Phu battlefield in 2004.





The General took a siesta during his visit to Cu Chi Tunnel, HCM City.





He met with the Vietnamese Heroic Mother Vo Thi Hoi, 96, in Cu Chi.






He attended the 20th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam in 1995.





He still worked hard…






… or read book.





Jogging is a hobby of the General.





He played piano during his free time.





The moment of relax at his villa, No. 11 Phan Dinh Phung, Vung Tau city.





A meal with the General and his wife.





Leaders of the Party, the State and Government visit the General very often. Mr. Truong Tan Sang 
(current Vietnam’s President) visited the General in 2008.






PM Nguyen Tan Dung visited the General in 2008.






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