(17 Mar 2021) The Tang Tho Chamber, a national library under the Nguyen Dynasty, the last Vietnamese kings, has begun welcoming visitors in central Hue town after being closed for 75 years.
The chamber displays more than 70,000 documents in diverse genres, including books in the ancient Vietnamese script of Han Nom, ancient bibliographies, archeologic works related to the Nguyen Dynasty, books on arts, architecture, culture, religious beliefs, linguistics and cartography.
Many historical books in the library are recorded in both original Chinese etched form and Vietnamese translations.
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