Kimé Publishing House in Paris has just announced the publication of “Poétique du Kiều” by Professor Tran Dinh Su. This publication is a rather a substantial work translated from the original Vietnamese “Thi pháp Truyện Kiều” (The Poetics of the tale of Kiều) by Professor Tran Dinh Su. This is one of the very rare Vietnamese social science research publications to be translated and published in France.

The viewer is so surprised to see for the first time the original paintings on phap lam at the ancient An Dinh palace. The paintings depict a very popular tale to people: Thuy Kieu. Phap lam is the designation for artworks which are made of bronze inside and coated with many layers of enamel with colored decorated patterns then heated at high temperature.

In response to Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day, on the morning of April 22nd, Hue Monuments Conservation Center held the exhibition of and lectured on the manuscript of the Tale of Kieu of the Nguyen royal family at Dai Cung Mon (the Great Palace Gate), Hue Citadel.