Experience queuing during the subsidy period
A group of young people recreated the typical space of the subsidy period in an exhibition in Hanoi last weekend. Viewers experienced the feeling of lining up to buy food like more than 30 years ago.
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| The exhibition "Subsidy - Queuing for the past" was held by a group of students from the School of Economics - Vietnam National University, Hanoi at a building on Xuan Thuy Street, Cau Giay (Hanoi). Many typical spaces of the subsidy period in the North (1975-1986) were recreated, including the food store scene. This is also the place that attracts a lot of visitors, mostly young people, to experience. |
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| The grocery store sells essential items. |
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| Participants in the experience were given a shopping coupon made like a subsidy coupon and had to line up to wait their turn to be served. |
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| A set of stamps from the subsidy period on display at the exhibition. |
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| The interior space of a family house during the subsidy period with the bedroom and living room separated by a curtain. |
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| Typical living room of an urban family 40 years ago. |
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| This Sanyo black and white TV is a huge fortune, very rare for a family to have. |
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| Study and work corner. |
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| Some denominations of money from nearly half a century ago. |
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| The bicycle was once the dream of many families. |
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| One of dozens of rare documentary photos. |
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| In addition to recreating spaces, displaying photos and artifacts, the exhibition also has many drawings of typical spaces of ancient Hanoi that still exist today. |
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| Made entirely by students, the quality of the exhibition is quite modest compared to the large scale and multi-layered theme of the "subsidy period". However, the efforts of the young people have also created a "hyphen" between the past and the present, helping viewers to somewhat feel the difficult period that their fathers and brothers went through. The exhibition is open until May 21. |
According to Vnexpress