Gom su trong nam con tau co o vung bien viet nam [antikvár]

IntroductionActually, the underwater archaeology in Viet Nam has started only with the excavation of Hon Cau shipwreck off the coast of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in 1990. Up to now, five shipwrecks have been excavated off the waters of Viet Nam, namely: Hon Cau, Hon Dam, Cu Lao Cham, Ca Mau and Binh Thuan. The recovered artifacts, mainly ceramics and porcelains from Viet Nam, China and Thailand, now belong to the cultural heritage of Viet Nam and South East Asia. On the other hand, they are valuable materials for the study of Viet Nam's foreign trade in many centuries ago. That's why, they are needed to be examined and understood.Over many years, the National Museum of Vietnamese History have published a series of volumes, such as BatTrang Ceramics (1995), The Handbook of Vietnamese Ceramics (1999), The Ca Mau Shipwreck (2002), Vietnamese Antiquities (2003), The Collection of Champa Sculpture in the National Museum of Vietnamese History (2003), The Ming Dynasty's Ceramics(2004),Vietnamese Brown Patterned Ceramics (2005), Vietnamese Coins(2005),2000 years of Vietnamese Ceramics (2005). In my opinion, these volumes are the remarkable results of the Museum, that are worthy to be appreciated and encouraged.Now we have the book Ceramics on five Shipwrecks off the coast of Viet Nampublished. Two authors. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Chien and Dr. Pham Quoc Quan, are among the most successful researchers of Viet Nam's archaeology. Both of them have been once assigned as the Chairmans ofthe Shipwreck Excavation Committees by the Viet Nam Ministry of Culture and Information (Now as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). No wonder, they have been right in choosing the topic and experienced in handling it.With that in mind, I hope that the book will be informative and interesting to all readers, both foreign and Vietnamese. Here, I have the pleasure to recommend it to you.Ha Noi, 19 May 2008 Prof. Dr. LuuTranTieuChairman of the Antiquity Experts Council of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Chairman of National Council for Cultural HeritageCERAMICS ON FIVE SHIPWRECKS 9