Some fun facts about our event that took place in Prague on 29/6/23

1) The idea to organise an event in Prague
was a response to people reaching out to us with a interest wanting to learn more about our project and family stories we collected. So after some quite positive feedbacks from the last event in Budweis we decided to plan another one.

2) Our planning was spontaneously detailed during our informal meeting in a pub at night 2 weeks prior. Why? Because we didn’t think we would be able to make another public event happen. Even though planning was very stressful considering exam season was not over yet we still had fun during the process.

3) This was very significant to us because it was the first time we invited special guests to join us. A doctor from Charles University and a czech director who is in the process of making a documentary about the history of Vietnamese immigrants in Czechia. 

4) We felt honored when we found out our project attracted a formal Czech ambassador in Mongolia who works as a senior researcher at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. We came to discover that he was also one of the first students of Vietnamistic Studies. 

5) We were pleased to have a very diverse audience. Among Czech listeners, there was the 2nd and 3rd generation of Vietnamese immigrants, who were curious to listen to our stories and willing to broaden their knowledge to explore their roots of origins.

A big thank you goes to the most talented photographer 📸 @mnhtrieu who captured these beautiful nostalgic moments, to our sponsor @mastervietnam who brought Vietnamese tea 🍵 and @sinastaromaku for the beautiful space.

This project was co-founded by European Union 🇪🇺