With special affection for Emperor Ham Nghi, Mr. Gérard Chapuis has diligently collected the emperor's paintings and searched for information in French bibliographic sources, documents, books, and newspapers related to Emperor Ham Nghi to write this book.

With the theme “Towards the sky’, artist Le Minh Phong depicted characters in search of freedom, light, and an escape from slavery as well as those leaving the barren lands for more fertile regions in hope of better lives.

According to a report by the CNN on December 8, Google has just announced its annual roundup of Year in Search trends; covering various topics, including tourism.

Hue is one of the most sought-after destinations by tourists. Some other localities are also commonly searched for such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Lat, Nha Trang, Da Nang city, and Phu Quoc island.

“We will propose to the provincial authorities to consider and coordinate with the French Embassy to Vietnam to agree on a draft of cooperation agreement with the French School of the Far East (EFEO) to exchange and cooperate in data searching and managing, establishing an electronic database and data on heritage digitization, that add more sources of original documents to Hue heritage,” shared Mr. Hoang Viet Trung, Director of Hue Monuments Conservation Center (HMCC) after returning from his business trip to France.

The delegation of Thua Thien Hue province is on a business trip to France to learn about the exhibition of artworks of Emperor Ham Nghi, combined with searching for relevant historical documents in France.

Not many people have noticed a special thing in this winter in Hue: For the first time ever, in the rainfall updates of the Provincial Commanding Committee for Disaster Prevention and Search & Rescue appears a very strange place, which is Quan Tuong Dai (the Imperial Observatory) in Hue Imperial City. The three words “Quan Tuong Dai” being read out on a rainy day sounds melancholy as if old friends saw each other once again after such a long time.