The family of “Lắng. . .”

Nguyễn Anh Thư

Founder of “Lắng. . .” · Quảng Trị

I chose to begin “Lắng. . .” because I am Vietnamese, because in those years I was lucky to be the child that those who came before told about their memories - memories carrying the years of the country's history, and because I am the generation that follows - proud of Vietnam.

Nguyễn Minh Đình Thiên

Head of Communications · Quảng Trị

Perhaps the greatest drive that brought me to “Lắng. . .” is the feelings, the messages that the generation before entrusted to young people through each story, each memory of history. And those feelings gave me an enormous drive to go alongside “Lắng. . .”, to spread the stories of history to young people…

Lê Hoàng Khánh Trâm

Head of Content · Nha Trang

“Lắng. . .” lets me hear, lets me tell, lets me love, lets me sink into the old stories I had not had the chance to connect with. More than that, “Lắng. . .” brings me companions, people ready to be forgiving toward me and to trust me more than I trust myself. That bond is the thing I found at “Lắng. . .”, and also the thing I want to spread from “Lắng. . .”

Nguyễn Thị Thanh Trúc

Head of People and Operations · Hồ Chí Minh

At “Lắng. . .”, I am always reminded that I must treasure peace, treasure the life I have in the present, through the stories I get to hear, from the people I get to meet.

Nguyễn Ngọc Quỳnh Anh

Communications · Đồng Nai

“Deep” and “Influence”. I chose these 2 words for “Lắng. . .” because I could feel Lắng's distinctive quality from the very first: very deep and brimming with feeling. So I hope that from the “quality” that “Lắng. . .” has stored up in itself, it will bring a strong influence to the community we are working toward.

Khuất Hạnh Nguyên

Communications · Quảng Trị

“Lắng. . .” for me is mostly a place for myself to learn and to experience, but “Lắng. . .” on another side is the times that make me slow down, reflect more and remember my grandfather more. Each time I transcribe a tape is a time of going back to the summers of the years when I was small, lying and listening to him tell about the battlefield, about the war. I am grateful because “Lắng. . .” is both a place that helps me grow up and at the same time helps me nurture the child inside me.

Nguyễn Đào Bảo Lam

Communications · Quảng Trị

Though I have not been at Lắng long, here I have got to hear about the stories of my grandfather's time - a time of war. And so now I get to be a part of Lắng and to have a part in spreading those stories further still!

Trần Nguyễn Thanh Huyền

Communications · Đồng Nai

I want to be able to do a great many things and to become one of the useful people in “Lắng. . .”, as well as to try myself at filming beautiful footage and to trade experience with everyone in “Lắng. . .”.

Võ Nguyễn Thảo Nhi

Communications · Đắk Lắk

I hope I can give a great deal at “Lắng. . .”, as well as receive back many stories and the worth of each person, each journey, each project we do together.

Ngô Nguyễn Mỹ Duyên

Communications · Quảng Trị

What matters is that on joining “Lắng. . .”, Duyên places a faith that together with her colleagues she will make something that has meaning for the community!

Võ Hải Yến

Communications · Quảng Trị

To me, “lắng…” has been a beautiful journey—a place where I have learned to listen, to feel, and to see life from a deeper perspective. I hope “lắng…” will always hold on to that sincerity, continue to touch more people, and create many more meaningful things along the way.

Thái Bảo Nghi

Communications · Quảng Trị

I hope that I will get to listen deeply to the stories from the people who stepped out of the war, to get to merge myself into those moments of history as they are called back.

Lê Trần An Nguyên

People and Operations · Quảng Trị

I hope “Lắng. . .” is a place where everyone will be truly close to one another, supporting one another to keep it running, always listening to and feeling with one another.

Nguyễn Thế Toàn

People and Operations · Quảng Trị

“Lắng. . .” lets me understand more deeply and be grateful for the sacrifice of the generations who came before, and at the same time the cheerfulness and easy company, but also the great professionalism, of the members of the project

Phan Nguyễn Ngọc Khánh

People and Operations · Hồ Chí Minh

For me, “Lắng. . .” is not only a place to listen to the stories the people of before tell again but also a place to find again the keepsakes of the past, to connect with the present generation, and to keep them for the generation to come. So that when I look back, somewhere inside me I will always feel grateful and go on trying harder still on the journey ahead together with the family of “Lắng. . .”

Ngô Hà Ngân

Content · Hà Nội

I also hope to be able to entrust and spread the stories, the humane worth that our project is working toward.

Lê Võ Ngân Hà

Content · Bình Định

I want the chance to connect with people and with stories. Through these journeys, I will have the ability to understand more about people, about different experiences, and also to open my own heart wider.

Nguyễn Lê Thuỷ Linh

Content · Nha Trang

I joined “Lắng. . .” with a very simple drive: to get to connect more deeply with the memory of a period, of lives that have passed. I love to sink into the pages of books and stories of history because I understand that everything we inherit in the present is the fruit of so many generations of the people of the old years. To get to lend my strength to “Lắng. . .” so as to bring those brave struggles, those losses and that glory to speak once more in the present age is a very great joy to me.

Lâm Thuý An

Content · An Giang

I came to see that at Lắng we can rise together, even if at first you are only as small as a seed that has not sprouted, but tended the right way with patience and with love, they gradually grow and turn green.

Nguyễn Minh Hiếu

Partnerships · Nha Trang

I hope to be able to make real the wishes I had in the past about the things I had heard, watched and felt.

Trần Nguyên Phương

Partnerships · Quảng Trị

“Lắng. . .” - the name makes me feel I have to settle and stop to discover the marvellous things in it. Lắng is an utterly humane project, aimed at the good purpose of keeping and spreading the worth of history and the people of history. Coming to lắng, Phương feels she is in an environment for doing wonderful things, with people no less wonderful.

Võ Ngọc Quỳnh My

Partnerships · Hồ Chí Minh

I was lucky to go alongside the project through three different roles, from a young person curious about history, to the logistics person supporting the shoot, to an official member. That journey helped me learn more and find a deep love for culture and history, something I had never thought would be this fierce.

Phan Thị Minh Nguyệt

Partnerships · Quảng Trị

As an audience member, Minh Nguyệt feels that the products created by “lắng..” still follow the original direction, remain meaningful, and bring emotional value. “lắng…” is now more widely known and has become more open to opportunities to participate in various programs and activities. As a member of “lắng…”, Minh Nguyệt has had the opportunity to learn more, travel to more places, and meet more people. Most importantly, she has found the motivation to visit historical sites and cemeteries without having to wait for a major holiday or special occasion.

Maxwell Olander

Hồ Chí Minh

Director & Journalist Trương Công Tú

With more than two decades of experience in his profession, Mr. Tú came to “lắng. . .” with a thoughtful perspective: “Heritage is not a relic; it is a living thread that needs to be nurtured.” With his guidance and experience, the stories told by “lắng. . .” will go beyond simply presenting historical documents. Through a thoughtful and sensitive cinematic approach, these stories can be brought to life in a way that connects with audiences on a deeper emotional level.

Colonel & Writer Đặng Vương Hưng — Keeping the Stories of Wartime Letters Alive

For more than 20 years, Mr. Hưng has devoted himself to preserving tens of thousands of handwritten letters. Through the meaningful book collection Mãi mãi tuổi 20 (Forever 20), he has helped bring the stories and youthful memories of those who never returned home back into the public consciousness. Sharing the same vision of digitizing historical keepsakes so that these memories will not be forgotten, Mr. Hưng’s support provides “lắng. . .” with a strong foundation and greater confidence in its journey to bring these faded handwritten memories back into the present.