For her positive contributions to promoting French literature in Vietnam, Associate Professor Dang Thi Hanh (former lecturer at the Faculty of Literature - Hanoi University, now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi) was honored with the Order of the Academic Palms of the Republic of France. The ceremony took place on February 21, 2013 at the French Cultural Center, Hanoi.The Order of the Academic Palms is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards of the French Republic, given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to education, science, and research. The Ambassador highly appreciated Associate Professor Dang Thi Hanh's role in disseminating French culture, especially French literature, in Vietnam. "Thanks to her research and translations, French literature of the 19th and 20th centuries has become known in Vietnam," Ambassador Jean Noel Poirier emphasized.
Throughout her 25 years of service at the University, Associate Professor Dang Thi Hanh has trained many students in French literature and instilled in them a love for French literature. In addition, Associate Professor Dang Thi Hanh has participated in developing the French literature curriculum at both high schools and universities in Vietnam. She has also made significant contributions to training young Vietnamese translators. In particular, her research on Victor Hugo and French poets of the 20th century is a prestigious work highly regarded by experts. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the University of Indochina, she translated Jean Tardieu's *Letters from Hanoi*. The book's publication left a lasting impression on Vietnamese literary life and also serves as evidence of the colonial situation in Indochina during the 1930s.
