President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets voters in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: VIET DUONG The people of Cu Chi, Hoc Mon are enthusiastic and sincere – President, through direct meetings with voters in Cu Chi district and Hoc Mon district – the revolutionary land in Ho Chi Minh City, how do you feel about the people and the land here? President NGUYEN XUAN PHUC: I am very honored to run for National Assembly Representative in Ho Chi Minh City, specifically the two districts of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon. If Ho Chi Minh City is mentioned as a heroic place in the two resistance wars, then Cu Chi district – the land of steel into copper, and Hoc Mon district – “18 villages of betel garden” have gone down in history, the two localities with stalwart revolutionary tradition. It will certainly be a great honor to become a member of the National Assembly of the city named after President Ho Chi Minh and even more honored to represent the voice of voters in two districts of Hoc Mon and Cu Chi. Through meetings and meetings with voters, I feel that the people here bring enthusiasm, sincerity, strength, and the spirit of the revolutionary land. If during the resistance war, the people fought bravely and bravely and did not back down from the enemy, now these qualities are always transmitted and continued in the construction and development of the homeland. And throughout that is human love, compassion, and gratitude. The land, people and historical traditions have blended together, creating a very unique soul for the revolutionary land. I really appreciate that and feel happy that now, the two districts are changing their skin, turning on a new, spacious and prosperous life. – Through the meetings with voters in two districts of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon, what are the contents that voters expect and convey? During the meetings, voters spoke and contributed a lot of profound ideas. It can be seen that voters are interested in many intimate issues, such as: transport infrastructure has not met the requirements for development and connectivity; about the state of “hanging” planning for decades, affecting the interests of people; environmental pollution problems, canals; jobs, education, vocational training… Voters also have many suggestions for the development of Ho Chi Minh City and the whole country. I also understand that in each voter’s statement is the desire, the desire to build Cu Chi district, Hoc Mon district and the whole Ho Chi Minh City to develop worthy of tradition and potential, thereby contributing to the development of the whole city. of the whole country. The opinions raised by voters do not have a personal opinion, but all are the wishes of the voters, expecting the candidates to contribute to the common development. That is a great encouragement for us. Do your best to serve the country and the people – As Head of State and candidate for National Assembly deputies in Ho Chi Minh City, what actions will you take to meet the expectations and messages of voters? When running for the National Assembly, we always keep in mind: How to contribute and build Ho Chi Minh City, building two districts of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon for development in the coming time. How through a term of 2021-2026, the material and spiritual life of the people of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts as well as the people of Ho Chi Minh City has a new change. How to deal with the shortcomings and inadequacies thoroughly. One thing is for sure, I will do my best to serve the country and the people. I focus on promoting the settlement of people’s petitions to their destination within the allotted time, especially issues of life, transport infrastructure, urban areas, environment… With the candidate area, I very interested and will directly participate in and handle the issues raised by the voters of Cu Chi, Hoc Mon and Ho Chi Minh City during the development process. With my responsibility, I focus on promoting the role of great national unity, arousing patriotism, efforts to overcome difficulties and aspiration to rise up so that by 2045, our country will become a powerful developed country. people have high income, prosperous life and people really love each other. Along with economic development is improving social welfare, ensuring social security, preserving culture and best taking care of families with meritorious policies, the poor, the elderly, children… We Together, let’s light up, together realize the aspiration to develop a powerful Vietnam and all people benefit from that prosperity, no one is left behind. – According to you, what does Ho Chi Minh City need to do and how will the Central Government pay attention and create conditions for Ho Chi Minh City to develop, maintain its leading position in the country and become a regional center? Ho Chi Minh City is the largest center of the country in terms of economy – society, defense – security. The development of Ho Chi Minh City is always pervasive, leading to the development of the South and the whole country. I am very happy to see that Ho Chi Minh City has a desire to develop and is in harmony with the development aspiration of the country. Ho Chi Minh City is also implementing exciting topics to implement the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress. Currently, Ho Chi Minh City needs to solve many problems of flood control, traffic congestion and living environment. Ho Chi Minh City has set out 4 breakthrough programs to develop Ho Chi Minh City. I will join hands with Ho Chi Minh City to promote the implementation of these 4 programs, especially to improve the competitiveness of Ho Chi Minh City, to better solve the problems of employment, growth, housing, and environmental protection. Green, clean and safe living. Thereby, contributing to the construction of a civilized, modern, and loving Ho Chi Minh City, preserving cultural identity, especially among young people. Along with that, I focus on promoting initiatives and agendas to make Ho Chi Minh City a model of the whole country, competitive in the region in terms of innovation and talent attraction. – Thank you comrade. President NGUYEN XUAN PHUC: “Cu Chi district, Hoc Mon is a land of heroic revolution, it must be paid more attention to, must bring this land forward, become a region rich in material life, Ho Chi Minh City needs to plan Cu Chi and Hoc Mon from the point of view of regional linkage and development; it is necessary to remove “bottlenecks” by soon deploying arterial traffic routes, helping Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts to develop. The two districts of Cu Chi and Hoc Mon must become an ecological urban area, a new growth pole, and a green city in the west of Ho Chi Minh City.In the next 5 years, it is necessary to bring the two districts to develop side by side “equal to equals equal to equals with equals with equals of equals with that of equals with equals of equals with that of equals with that of equals with that of equals with equals with that of equals with equals with that of the other by anh” like the inner city districts of HCMC.

Le Van Em (45 years old, living in Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh City) is an antique dealer with a large number of antiques. I came from the business of washing bottles, then switched to selling sidewalk watches. Life moves forward, Em is predestined with marine antiquities, mainly ancient coins. In 2010, I was given some old coins from the time of King Gia Long by my uncle who went to the sea. At that time, I thought this was just for pocket fun. Unexpectedly, in my spare time on the sidewalk, I brought a coin out to polish it and thought of designing a clock face from ancient coins. Being skillful with her hands and having a job, in only 3 days, I was able to “produce” a sidewalk clock with a unique and rare antique facade that is hard to find. Customers who have money, like to play unique goods, pay very high prices. I sold the antique watch for 30 million dong. From 5 ancient coins, Em earned a good amount of money, changed her life, people began to mention the nickname Em “ancient money”. Standing in front of the Tien cave, Mr. Tu said that the ancient coins believed to belong to King Gia Long are very rare and are no longer wandering among the people. Feeling delicious, I made a trip to the places where ancient money was kept, intending to collect a bunch of goods or at least buy them from people around the area. No one knows if Em’s actual trip to search for antiquities will be successful or not, but, returning, Em has continuously produced glittering and sparkling Gia Long watches that are offered for sale at sky-high prices. stop. Not only selling antique watches, Em also sells raw coins to make necklaces or to make rings and bracelets. I no longer sit on the sidewalk but bring an antique shop to my house in Cu Chi. Antiques are not for the crowd. For those who don’t like it, it’s just trash or an ordinary decoration. However, this is the immense love of antique “sheep”. They are willing to spend a lot of money to get their favorite item. Therefore, my customers are not many but quality. Every month I sell a watch and earn tens of millions of dong, while the original price is only equal to a bunch of fish and vegetables, sometimes given away for free. Marine antiquities, including ancient coins on shipwrecks, have been found a lot in the waters of Vietnam and around the world. Ancient coin players believe that ancient coins are always a tool used a lot in feng shui. The coins are a symbol of wealth and wealth. Its sand not only increases fortune, but you bring a lot of luck in terms of fame, career and disaster relief, small people… Ancient money taken from the bottom of the ocean also carries spiritual miracles. deluding. In it, there is a protective deity. In that sense, even selling “exorbitantly” no one complains. If they’re unlucky and buy a fake, they won’t have the strength to fight with guys like Em. It is not acceptable to be confused between real antiques and fake money to profit on the beliefs of others. Real coin players do not accept such deceitful wholesale. And antiquities enthusiasts find themselves traumatized by being deceived. Ancient coins in the reign of King Gia Long became a bustling commodity in the world of antiques. My ancient Gia Long King coins are advertised “sometimes” in a cave in the middle of the sea in Kien Giang. It is a rocky mountain, inside there is a very large cave, the locals call it Tien cave. Here, hundreds of years ago, people in the area picked up a lot of coins, which are said to be left by King Gia Long – Nguyen Anh while he fled to the South. Mr. Tu, a longtime resident who is knowledgeable about this vestige, said: “Many old people in the area have found ancient coins in the cave. Copper coins, due to being soaked in salty sea water, were rusted, chipped, and rotted, so they were no longer wandering among the people. Now it’s hard to earn even a penny, where can you get a lot to trade?” Mr. Tu led us to Tien cave to see the market. Through the seasons of high tide, the stone slabs have been smoothed away, revealing many traces of history. In the cave, there are still a few digging tracks left by people hunting for artifacts. It is not known when the hunters came here to excavate and no one knows what they found in those holes. But, Mr. Tu asserted, for more than 20 years he had lived in this area, he had no longer seen Gia Long ancient coins. Gia Long ancient coins are sold by traders at the price of… kings. On a famous e-commerce site, many ancient Vietnamese coins are for sale, including coins from the Nguyen dynasty for a few tens of millions to several hundred million dong. An ancient coin from the reign of King Minh Mang (1791-1841) is for sale for $2,550. A gold coin from the Thieu Tri Dynasty (1807-1847) cost $2,050. Gold coin from the reign of King Tu Duc is priced at more than 8,700 USD… “Magic” the artifact Antiquities of the ocean, always considered a treasure that is hard to find. Negotiations for antique deals took place with “huge” money. Mr. Mai Trong T. (living in Cu Chi District, Ho Chi Minh City) 20 years ago was an antique dealer with a hierarchy in the world. Mr. T. was originally a wood merchant. The trips and extensive relationships gave Mr. T. a lot of knowledge about antiques. Once going to Con Dao (Ba Ria – Vung Tau), Mr. T. bought an ancient sword with the body of the sword engraved with the words “Thuan Thien”, which translates as “according to the will of heaven or acting on behalf of heaven”. The origin of the sword is still obscure, but its fame has spread throughout the South. People play antiques in Ben Tre, Can Tho, Tien Giang, City. Ho Chi Minh sought Mr. T. to admire the king’s treasure. Negotiations, bargaining late at night, morning and evening took place in Mr. T.’s old house in Cu Chi. Mr. T himself is also fond of antiques, being the things of kings is nothing more precious. The Thai An Sword of King Gia Long is currently on display in a museum in France. According to the spiritual concept of the antique world, the sword symbolizes the strength and authority of a man. There are more golden words engraved on the back of the sword, proving that its owner in the future will be a king with his head on the sky and his feet on the ground. While comparing and calculating, there was a giant in Ho Chi Minh City. When Ho Chi Minh entered the house, he stamped his feet and shouted 5 billion VND. At the time nearly 20 years ago, that was a huge number, able to buy a few houses on the street. Mr. T. sold immediately. Since then, Mr. T. has completely abandoned the timber trade and switched to hunting antiques from the sea. He said that antiques lying under the sea are treasures of the ocean containing countless mysteries. Each item is a part of the soul of the sea, because of some fate that rises to the surface. Mr. T. affirmed: “Every antique of the sea is an epiphany”. Trading in marine antiquities gave Mr. T. a lot of money. At one time, his house contained tens of kilograms of gold and sacks of money. He was engrossed in hunting trips to reserve and wait for his time. With a lot of money, he invested in antiques. Whenever anyone has something, he buys it, he collects it all. In 2013, Mr. T. heard that fishermen excavated and recovered a shipwreck in the waters off Con Dao district. The collection includes 300 antiques with categories: bowls, vases, jars, cups, weights, illuminators, mirrors, decorative stones… made of ceramic, porcelain and metal materials. Especially discovered a number of Chinese coins minted in 1017-1021… Determined, this ship was wrecked around the end of the 14th century… However, Mr. T. was unable to access these artifacts because they were brought to the museum for display. He was led to a fishing village by an antique “stork”, to an old ship containing a bunch of fake “antiquities” that were “clothed” like the real thing. Mr. T. was immersed in it, was charmed by the lure, and then went down to collect the whole “scrap” ship home. He divided the categories, and then began to sell. Some people in the world came to see, there were people who were new to the profession but believed in the level of playing sea antiquities of Mr. T. should rush to buy. Some people, just looking at it, know it’s fake, they told Mr. T. they were scolded by him for a match and chased away. Sculptures on seashells, fossils of hundreds of years under the ocean were purchased by the owner for an “undisclosed” price. Although he firmly defended his antiquities policy, many brothers in the profession recommended him, so Mr. T. quietly hired an appraisal company. The result is fakes, imitations, antique coins, swords and swords that are mediocre things that have been coated with paint and a little chemical preservative. Because he regretted the large amount of money spent, Mr. T. turned himself into a professional liar. He used his reputation and fame to play marine antiquities for many years to start a witch trade. Not only did he cheat in the country, but he also deceived the foreign players. Typically, the sale of antique wine jars, woven by Mr. T. through the story of a Greek ship carrying about 3,000 to 4,000 double-handled ceramic vases, is considered an ancient storage object used to transport wine. sunk around the 5th century BC. Mr. T. told the customer, he had been to Greece to hunt and buy this thing. In fact, he has never stepped foot out of Vietnam in his entire life. The guest widened his eyes in surprise, but he was very careful to bring along a student working in architecture, with a little knowledge of antiquities. Having just finished viewing Mr. T’s marine treasures, the student shook his head and turned to whisper in the teacher’s ear. The Western guest’s face turned from red to pale, then he showed an angry expression. From a master of antiques, briefly “on the elephant”, now Mr. T. has become an ugly, two-faced man, losing all credibility. The guests who had mistakenly bought his unique and strange goods, had to be silent, then cut off the intimacy. For nearly a year now, Mr. T. has not been able to sell any goods, even if they are real. “Antiques carry the soul and contain many mysteries, it can make people have everything, but it will also lose their status if they are forever ecstatic with the fame and profits from it”, Asian record holder, collector Dinh Cong Tuong’s antique collection has drawn the truth after nearly half a century of studying ancient culture.