Dear subscribers, friend and history enthusiasts
It’s been a while since the last update (two months to be exact)! But
citizen historian is still alive and kicking! This update covers
contributions for the months of June and August.
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There are two first-time contributors from the NUS University Scholars
Programme (USP). Their essays were part of an assignment to research
aspects of… »

by Mok Mei Feng

There are several libraries in Hanoi, like university libraries and institute libraries. Over the summer, I visited three of them.

Vien Han-Nom (Institute of Han-Nom Studies)

183 Dang Tien Dong street

http://www.hannom.org.vn/

Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs—0830-1145 hrs, 1400-1615 hrs; Friday—0830-1145 hrs

The Vien Han-Nom houses manuscripts dating from around the fourteenth century to circa. 1945. As the institute’s… »

Story and pictures by Kevin Lee
This story was first published at the MyStory portal, an initiative by the Public Education Division of the National Heritage Board.
I allowed Sang Nila Utama safe passage to Singapore after he yielded his crown as tribute. At that time, the island was called “Temasik”, but he renamed it “Singapura” or… »