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Václav Havel and Vietnam. Vietnam today

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  • Where: Vaclav Havel Library, Řetězová 7, Prague
  • When: April 29, 2014, 19:00 – 21:00

At the time of the “Velvet Revolution”, tens of thousands of Vietnamese lived in Czechoslovakia. What impression did the country’s rapid departure from communism make on them? And do the ideas and views of VH find fertile ground in the country today?

On the second anniversary of his death, the Saigon publisher Giay Vun will issue a collection of essays by VH under the title “The Power of the Powerless” (An Open Letter to Gustav Husák, A Word on Words, Politics and Conscience, The Power of the Powerless, On the Meaning of Charter 77).

The foreword has been penned by Petr Pithart and Václav Bělohradský, while the translation was done by the well-known translator Pham Nguyen Truong and members and friends of the Van Lang civic association.
The book will be presented alongside a debate on the current situation regarding adherence to human rights in Vietnam. Participants will include Václav Trojan, Quang Thanh, a Vietnamese journalist living in Bratislava, and Van Lang members Nguyen Minh, Nguyen Quoc Vu and Pham Huu Uyen.

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