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Tech signs agreement with Vietnam for records
Maggie Kiely
Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: News
The Texas Tech Vietnam Center became the first U.S. institution to sign a formalized exchange agreement with the Sate Records and Archives Department of Vietnam Aug. 17.
Steve Maxner, director of the Vietnam Center, said this is a milestone for Tech and the Vietnam Center because it allows a free exchange of information between the two archive centers.
"The exchange will really help students who are studying the Vietnam War," he said. "They're going to get good assistance in their research and endeavors."
Maxner said the archive in the Vietnam Center comprises more than 3 million pages of documents, more than 100,000 different photographs and almost 500 interviews.
Tran Hoang, director general of National Archives of Vietnam, said through a translator that he chose the Vietnam Center to be the first institution to sign such an agreement because of their reputation in Vietnam.
"The Vietnam Center is very famous in Vietnam," he said through a translator. "(It has a) good reputation because of the preservation of diaries."
In 2005, the Vietnam Center was given the diaries of Dang Thuy Tram, a physician for the North Vietnamese, who was killed in action in 1970.
James Reckner, former director of the Vietnam Center, said the diaries were very important to the Vietnamese people because everyone in Vietnam is familiar with Tram's story.
"Every person in Vietnam knows about Dong Thuy Tram, and they know that the diaries came to Texas Tech University, so this is a big issue," Reckner said. "In fact, the director general told me that although our government doesn't appreciate the presence of those diaries at Texas Tech, it is very important to the Vietnamese people."
At a press conference, the Vietnam Center and the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam made their first exchange.
The State Records Archive Department of Vietnam received digitized records of the Tram diaries and the Vietnam Center was given official military documents of Tram's service.
Steve Maxner, director of the Vietnam Center, said this is a milestone for Tech and the Vietnam Center because it allows a free exchange of information between the two archive centers.
"The exchange will really help students who are studying the Vietnam War," he said. "They're going to get good assistance in their research and endeavors."
Maxner said the archive in the Vietnam Center comprises more than 3 million pages of documents, more than 100,000 different photographs and almost 500 interviews.
Tran Hoang, director general of National Archives of Vietnam, said through a translator that he chose the Vietnam Center to be the first institution to sign such an agreement because of their reputation in Vietnam.
"The Vietnam Center is very famous in Vietnam," he said through a translator. "(It has a) good reputation because of the preservation of diaries."
In 2005, the Vietnam Center was given the diaries of Dang Thuy Tram, a physician for the North Vietnamese, who was killed in action in 1970.
James Reckner, former director of the Vietnam Center, said the diaries were very important to the Vietnamese people because everyone in Vietnam is familiar with Tram's story.
"Every person in Vietnam knows about Dong Thuy Tram, and they know that the diaries came to Texas Tech University, so this is a big issue," Reckner said. "In fact, the director general told me that although our government doesn't appreciate the presence of those diaries at Texas Tech, it is very important to the Vietnamese people."
At a press conference, the Vietnam Center and the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam made their first exchange.
The State Records Archive Department of Vietnam received digitized records of the Tram diaries and the Vietnam Center was given official military documents of Tram's service.
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Christian M.
posted 8/27/07 @ 9:07 PM CST
"... became the first U.S. institution to sign a formalized exchange agreement with the Sate Records and Archives Department of Vietnam..."
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