The Hanoi Publishing House (HPH)announced that it has collected 412 valuable materials on ThangLong-Hanoi on the occasion of its 30th anniversary on Nov. 24.
This is an important part of its cultural project to collect, compileand publish a series of books on the 1,000 year history of Hanoi’sancient capital formerly known as Thang Long, to mark its millennialanniversary. Additionally, the HPH collected around 9,000 pages of documents writtenby UK and Dutch companies on the socio-cultural and economic life,religion and traditional customs of Thang Long’s denizens in the 17thcentury. It also sought out and translated documents on Vietnam that were preserved in other Asian countries, especially China . HPH General Director Nguyen Khac Oanh said that the campaign to seekvaluable books and materials on Thang Long-Hanoi has contributed to thepublisher’s project to build a data bank on the capital city. He said that his company plans to introduce 100 book titles on history,geography, culture, literature and society in 2010 on the occasion ofthe city’s millennial celebrations. Thang Long-Ha Noi came into being in the autumn of 1010 with King LyThai To’s Edict on the Transfer of the Capital. Being one of the mostancient capitals in Southeast Asia, this imperial land boasts acontinuous history throughout an entire millennium, passing fromdynasty to dynasty right up through modern times./.
