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Reason for this project

February 24, 2019March 20, 2019

Everything happens for a reason… Few years ago, I’ve worked at a business unit in an old residential area in Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi. It’s the commune dormitory which was built in 1980s, during the era of socialistic […]

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Boards celebrating Vietnam’s National Day

September 4, 2019September 7, 2019

September 2nd is Vietnam’s National Day. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Đình Square, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese version of Big Brother, declared Vietnam’s independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN). Since […]

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Time flies beside a public board

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

After sharing a reader’s family photos beside a public board, I received a huge message from another follower, Ms. Dinh Thu Huong. She sent me more than half of dozen photos that she has taken in 6 straight […]

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Few boards of 2018 by various readers

April 4, 2019April 6, 20191 Comment

After publishing the post “I’m not the only one“, I have had a great confidence that HanoiMinitrue’s readers/ followers would send me more photos of the boards they took photographs in previous years. As expected, I received about […]

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Few other blank boards

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

In a previous post, I shared some thoughts and photos about two boards in a lane of Kham Thien street, Dong Da district. They was decorated last year but left blank this year. Sadly, such blank boards are […]

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Interview with the youngest board-decorator in Vietnam so far

March 24, 2019March 27, 2019

Thang is a modest Hai-phongese guy who looks like a student in his selfie portraits. I came across a photo of a well-decorated board on his Instagram. The information at the left corner of the board told me […]

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Not only in Hanoi

March 20, 2019April 6, 20192 Comments

Thanks to my account on Instagram, I’ve tracked various hashtags of related topics. Therefore, I know that decoration of the boards during Tet not only takes place in Hanoi but also in other cities of Vietnam, at least […]

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I’m not the only one

March 14, 2019March 20, 20191 Comment

This project started quite randomly last year. Firstly, I’ve used my iPhone taking photos in a rush and shared them on Instagram only. Such process of documenting and sharing continued in solitude throughout the spring of last year. […]

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Boards celebrating International Women’s Day

March 8, 2019April 6, 20191 Comment

Today is the International Women’s Day (IWD). Although this is a loudly official holiday in Vietnam, people seem not intend to decorate the boards on this topic. Decoration of message boards in residential areas is optional. It depends […]

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