Touching “Children in Wartime” exhibition

08:09, 10/09/2012

Over 70 photos depicting the life of Vietnamese children in northern Vietnam during the Vietnam War (1964-1972) are now on display at No. 93 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi.

Over 70 photos depicting the life of Vietnamese children in northern Vietnam during the Vietnam War (1964-1972) are now on display at No. 93 Dinh Tien Hoang, Hanoi.

The opening ceremony.
The opening ceremony.

The exhibition, entitled “Children in Wartime,” is held on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory on air. The photos are provided by Nihon Denpa TV News - Japan (NDN), the Vietnam News Agency and the Young Pioneers Newspaper.

NDN opened a permanent office in Hanoi in 1964, and has over 2,000 photos, documentaries and news broadcasts about Vietnam. Among them is the only documented, in color film, about the funeral of President Ho Chi Minh. In 2011, Kim Dong Publishing House bought more than 2,000 photos of Vietnam taken between 1965 and 1975.

The photos in the exhibition have been selected from these to show the daily lives of children during wartime, when many parts of the country were heavily bombed by the US. Kim Dong Publishing will also display a number of children's books published at the time.

The exhibition will close on September 14.

Some photos from the exhibition:

he first school day at Dich Vong Secondary School in Tu Liem district, Hanoi  in 1972, by Duy Nhan of the Vietnam News Agency.
The first school day at Dich Vong Secondary School in Tu Liem district, Hanoi in 1972, by Duy Nhan of the Vietnam News Agency.

 

Kids go to schools with straw hats and red scarves.
Kids go to schools with straw hats and red scarves.

 

Schoolgirls.
Schoolgirls.

 

A students is bandaged
A students is bandaged

 

Kids in front of an A-shaped bomb shelter.
Kids in front of an A-shaped bomb shelter.

 

A little girl works to help her family.
A little girl works to help her family.

 

Making breads.
Making breads.

 

Students in class with their straw hats to avoid being wounded by bombs and bullets.
Students in class with their straw hats to avoid being wounded by bombs and bullets.

 

Reviewing their lesson in front of a bomb shelter.
Reviewing their lesson in front of a bomb shelter.

 

 

            

A music class.
A music class.

 

A meal of students of a dance school.
A meal of students of a dance school.

 

The full moon festival.
The full moon festival.

 

           

 

Poet Tran Dang Khoa tells his story in the picture featuring himself  at the age of 9.
Poet Tran Dang Khoa tells his story in the picture featuring himself at the age of 9.

(Source:VN Net)