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0:01[music]

0:09This is from what I searched up the one of

0:13the oldest families and houses in old

0:17quarter and I was given the privilege to

0:20have a chat over with Miss T the eldest

0:23member of this family.

0:28[sniffs] Oh, it's my niece, Ms.

0:29Thuy. Hello Ms. Thuy. I must

0:31apologize. Yes. Excuse me,

0:35dear, could you please tell me a little about the history

0:38of this house of mine? She

0:40introduced the house to me, saying it belonged to

0:42her maternal grandparents, Mr. Truong Trong Vong and

0:46Mrs. Nguyen Thi Suu. He built

0:49this house in 1926, and it's

0:52now 100 years old. The

0:55furniture and belongings should be the same age as the house.

0:59[music]

1:03However, much of it has changed. The

1:06family donated three quarters of the

1:07property so that the [music] school

1:09could have been built.

1:12Yet, despite losing much of its original

1:14[music] size, the house has retained a

1:16historic character. In the old days, with its

1:19spacious area, her house had separate living rooms

1:22, bedrooms, and dining rooms

1:24. But now that we have less

1:27space, this room serves as both a

1:30living room and a bedroom.

1:32So this table is also from a long time ago.

1:35There, the stone table, the stone benches. The architecture of this house,

1:39built by my grandparents, is

1:42still very good. It just

1:44starts to peel off over time. She could have just done some

1:47repainting, not demolished any part of the building

1:50. There, the French architecture remains unchanged

1:53. [sniffs] Many people ask

1:56if

1:58the family would give it up if someone really liked it?

2:01She answered no. YES. [Music] She

2:03wants to preserve all the

2:05family memories.

2:08She is the fourth generation, and the fact that she has managed to

2:11preserve it like this means she should be proud

2:20that she has preserved the music

2:22of her ancestors. I always

2:25wanted to destroy this house.

2:32[music]

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