Franz Faber. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A former German journalist, who worked in Vietnam in the 1950s, has presented two books, which were a gift to him from President Ho Chi Minh, to a museum of Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Do Hoa Binh called on Franz Faber on April 18 and conveyed thanks from the Ho Chi Minh Museum to him for his present, two volumes of ‘The Tale of Kieu’, one in Vietnamese and the other in French.

Franz Faber and his wife have translated ‘The Tale of Kieu’ into German and introduced it to German readers.

Two years ago, Franz Faber also presented the Ho Chi Minh Museum with Ho Chi Minh films and photos, which he took when he was a correspondent in Hanoi.

In 1954, when peace was restored in the northern part of Vietmam, Faber led a group of journalists from the former Democratic Republic of Germany to visit Vietnam . During the trip, he met President Ho Chi Minh on several occasions. Once the President handed Faber two volumes of ‘the Tale of Kieu’, saying, "Maybe you could do something with these books."

Faber worked in Viet Nam till 1967 as a correspondent for what was then the East German News Agency, as well as the New Deutchland newspaper.

Source: VNA