{"id":2162,"date":"2018-10-05T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2026-05-10T14:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:54:19","slug":"a-letter-by-dr-volker-wissing-general-secretary-german-minister-of-digital-affairs-and-transport-or-the-civility-of-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/a-letter-by-dr-volker-wissing-general-secretary-german-minister-of-digital-affairs-and-transport-or-the-civility-of-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e1 Th\u01b0 c\u1ee7a Ti\u1ebfn s\u0129 Volker Wissing, T\u1ed5ng Th\u01b0 k\u00fd, B\u1ed9 tr\u01b0\u1edfng Li\u00ean bang \u0110\u1ee9c v\u1ec1 K\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt s\u1ed1 v\u00e0 Giao th\u00f4ng, hay Ph\u1ea9m C\u00e1ch c\u1ee7a K\u00fd \u1ee8c"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tL\u00e1 Th\u01b0 c\u1ee7a Ti\u1ebfn s\u0129 Volker Wissing, T\u1ed5ng Th\u01b0 k\u00fd, B\u1ed9 tr\u01b0\u1edfng Li\u00ean bang \u0110\u1ee9c v\u1ec1 K\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt s\u1ed1 v\u00e0 Giao th\u00f4ng, hay Ph\u1ea9m C\u00e1ch c\u1ee7a K\u00fd \u1ee8c\t<\/h2>\n
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General Secretary, Germany Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport Volker Wissing’s Letter to Artist Boi Tran, 10 December 2018.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n
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General Secretary, Germany Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport Volker Wissing’s Letter to Artist Boi Tran, 10 December 2018.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

Written on 10 December 2018 after an evening at Boi Tran Garden, Dr. Volker Wissing’s letter belongs to the tone: a brief official correspondence that preserves, with uncommon clarity, how art and hospitality may linger in diplomatic memory.<\/p>\n

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Painter Boi Tran and Dr. Volker Wissing, General Secretary, Germany Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport on the occasion of the official foreign visit to Vietnam, Boi Tran Garden, October 2019.\u00a0Courtesy: Thuc Doan \/ Bem.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

Th\u01b0 c\u1ea3m t\u1ea1 v\u1ed1n nhi\u1ec1u, v\u00e0 ph\u1ea7n l\u1edbn ch\u00f3ng b\u1ecb qu\u00ean l\u00e3ng. Nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u00f4i khi, m\u1ed9t v\u0103n b\u1ea3n nh\u1ecf b\u00e9 l\u1ea1i c\u00f3 \u0111\u1eddi s\u1ed1ng kh\u00e1c: kh\u00f4ng nh\u1edd ph\u00f4 tr\u01b0\u01a1ng, m\u00e0 nh\u1edd nh\u1eefng g\u00ec n\u00f3 l\u1eb7ng l\u1ebd ghi nh\u1eadn. L\u00e1 th\u01b0 Ti\u1ebfn s\u0129 Volker Wissing g\u1eedi H\u1ecda s\u0129 B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n ng\u00e0y 10 th\u00e1ng 12 n\u0103m 2018, sau chuy\u1ebfn gh\u00e9 th\u0103m Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n t\u1ea1i \u0111\u1ed3i Thi\u00ean An, Hu\u1ebf, l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ee3p nh\u01b0 th\u1ebf.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, Dr. Wissing was serving as State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of Rhineland-Palatinate. He would later become General Secretary of Germany’s Free Democratic Party, and subsequently Federal Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport. Public office gives context to the letter. It does not give it value. Its true importance lies in the response of a cultivated guest to a place that had left an impression.<\/p>\n

Addressed simply to “Mrs Boi Tran,” the letter thanks her, on behalf of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Economics, for the hospitality and warm welcome extended on the evening of 5 October 2018. The phrasing is measured, formal, and unmistakably sincere.<\/p>\n

\u00d4ng vi\u1ebft:<\/p>\n

“We were very impressed with your paintings and especially the beautiful garden that you have created.”<\/p>\n

This sentence deserves attention. Paintings are acknowledged first, yet the emphasis turns gently toward the garden. It suggests that what was encountered in Hu\u1ebf was not merely an artist’s work upon canvas, but an expanded practice in which landscape, architecture, atmosphere, and human presence formed a single composition.<\/p>\n

Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n t\u1eeb l\u00e2u gi\u1eef v\u1ecb tr\u00ed ri\u00eang bi\u1ec7t. \u0110\u00f3 v\u1eeba l\u00e0 t\u01b0 gia, x\u01b0\u1edfng v\u1ebd, kh\u00f4ng gian tr\u01b0ng b\u00e0y, v\u1eeba l\u00e0 ch\u1ed1n t\u0129nh c\u01b0 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u0103m ch\u00fat. Ng\u01b0\u1eddi gh\u00e9 th\u0103m kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 g\u1eb7p \u0111\u1ed3 v\u1eadt, m\u00e0 g\u1eb7p m\u1ed1i quan h\u1ec7 gi\u1eefa c\u00e1c \u0111\u1ed3 v\u1eadt: \u00e1nh s\u00e1ng tr\u00ean m\u00e1i ng\u00f3i, kho\u1ea3ng l\u1eb7ng gi\u1eefa h\u00e0ng c\u00e2y, t\u1ef7 l\u1ec7 gi\u1eefa ng\u00f4i nh\u00e0 v\u00e0 h\u1ed3 n\u01b0\u1edbc, nh\u1ecbp chuy\u1ec3n t\u1eeb thanh t\u0129nh ngo\u00e0i v\u01b0\u1eddn v\u00e0o s\u1ef1 th\u00e2n m\u1eadt trong nh\u00e0. Theo ngh\u0129a \u1ea5y, khu v\u01b0\u1eddn c\u0169ng l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m, kh\u00f4ng k\u00e9m ph\u1ea7n t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3 so v\u1edbi h\u1ed9i h\u1ecda.<\/p>\n

L\u00e1 th\u01b0 ti\u1ebfp t\u1ee5c, v\u1edbi l\u1ed1i h\u00e0nh v\u0103n chu\u1ea9n x\u00e1c quen thu\u1ed9c, h\u01b0\u1edbng \u0111\u1ebfn kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng s\u1ef1 ki\u1ec7n trao \u0111\u1ed5i v\u0103n ho\u00e1 \u1edf t\u01b0\u01a1ng lai:<\/p>\n

“Towards the presence of a Vietnamese garden on the Federal Horticultural Show in the north of Rhineland-Pfalz in 2022, we cordially invite and get in touch with you in the coming year.”<\/p>\n

Sau v\u1ebb h\u00e0nh ch\u00ednh c\u1ee7a c\u00e2u ch\u1eef l\u00e0 \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00e1ng ch\u00fa \u00fd h\u01a1n. \u00dd ni\u1ec7m v\u1ec1 m\u1ed9t khu v\u01b0\u1eddn Vi\u1ec7t Nam t\u1ea1i \u0110\u1ee9c cho th\u1ea5y \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00e3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ch\u1ee9ng ki\u1ebfn \u1edf Hu\u1ebf kh\u00f4ng b\u1ecb xem nh\u01b0 n\u00e9t duy\u00ean ri\u00eang t\u01b0, m\u00e0 nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c v\u0103n h\u00f3a c\u00f3 kh\u1ea3 n\u0103ng b\u01b0\u1edbc qua bi\u00ean gi\u1edbi, ti\u1ebfp c\u1eadn th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi.<\/p>\n

G\u1ea7n cu\u1ed1i th\u01b0, gi\u1ecdng v\u0103n tr\u1edf n\u00ean ri\u00eang t\u01b0 h\u01a1n:<\/p>\n

“My companion and I really enjoyed the contented evening spent with you thanks to your presence and kindness.”<\/p>\n

Such language is rare in official correspondence. One may praise an event, commend a programme, or thank a host. To identify presence itself as the source of an evening’s contentment is subtler. It recognises that civility is not produced by protocol alone. It proceeds from character.<\/p>\n

Seen today, the letter functions as a small but eloquent archival piece. It records no treaty, announces no policy, and seeks no publicity. Yet it preserves something more enduring: the evidence that a garden in Hu\u1ebf, shaped by an artist’s intelligence and generosity, remained vivid in the mind of a visiting statesman weeks after he had returned home.<\/p>\nT\u1ea1i Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, quan h\u1ec7 ngo\u1ea1i giao kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n s\u00e2n kh\u1ea5u. N\u00f3 t\u00ecm \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c trong nh\u1eefng ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt x\u01b0a c\u0169 h\u01a1n: \u0111\u00f3n ti\u1ebfp, ch\u00fa t\u00e2m v\u00e0 ghi nh\u1edb.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

L\u00e1 th\u01b0 c\u1ee7a Ti\u1ebfn s\u0129 Volker Wissing \u0111\u1ec1 ng\u00e0y 10 th\u00e1ng 12 n\u0103m 2018, vi\u1ebft sau m\u1ed9t bu\u1ed5i t\u1ed1i t\u1ea1i Nh\u00e0 V\u01b0\u1eddn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1 hi\u1ec7n v\u1eadt l\u01b0u tr\u1eef nh\u1edd \u00e2m \u0111i\u1ec7u: m\u1ed9t v\u0103n b\u1ea3n ng\u1eafn mang t\u00ednh c\u00f4ng v\u1ee5, nh\u01b0ng gi\u1eef l\u1ea1i r\u1ea5t r\u00f5 c\u00e1ch ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt v\u00e0 l\u00f2ng hi\u1ebfu kh\u00e1ch c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u00f2n \u0111\u1ecdng trong k\u00fd \u1ee9c ngo\u1ea1i giao.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,185,184],"tags":[90,91,17,126,125,127],"class_list":["post-2162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-archive","category-culture","tag-boi-tran","tag-boi-tran-art-gallery","tag-boi-tran-garden","tag-general-secretary","tag-germany-minister-of-digital-affairs-and-transport","tag-volker-wissing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8201,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions\/8201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}