VHM_0021

Descriptive title
Wooden sign from Pulau Bidong Refugee Camp, Malaysia
Initial context
Refugee Camp
Date
c. 1980s
Object type(s)
Artwork/Handicraft
Material(s)
Wood
Description

A wooden sign gifted to Dương Chính while he was working in the Sanitation Division of Pulau Bidong Refugee Camp in Malaysia in 1982. Dương Chính arrived at Pulau Bidong in October 1981 after fleeing Vietnam by boat (B.P. 387) from Sóc Trăng. The sign was handcrafted and given to him as a keepsake during his time at the camp, and he later brought it with him when he resettled in the United States in July 1982. Now part of the Vietnamese Heritage Museum collection, this artifact was donated as a personal memento of Dương Chính’s time in the refugee camp.

Collection
Vietnamese Heritage Museum
Donor(s)
Dương Chính
Current location
Vietnamese Heritage Museum
Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Dương Chính

Data license
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Wooden sign from Pulau Bidong, front
Wooden sign from Pulau Bidong, side
Wooden sign from Pulau Bidong, with scale
Wooden sign from Pulau Bidong, color card and scale
Donor description

Bảng gỗ 

Nhân viên tại Sanitation Division tặng anh Dương văn Chứng vào năm 1982 khi anh đang làm phụ tá khối về sinh phòng dịch ở Pulau Bidong.

  • Anh vượt biên 10/1981 - từ Sóc Trăng. 
  • Ghi sổ BP No 387 tháng 10/1981 
  • Định cư 7/1982 
  • Dạy ESL 
  • Trở thành giáo viên #2

Wooden plaque 

Staff at the Sanitation Division gave this to Mr. Dương Văn Chứng in 1982 when he was working as an assistant in the sanitation and epidemic prevention unit at Pulau Bidong. 

  • Escaped by boat October 1981 – from Sóc Trăng
  • Recorded as BP No 387 in October 1981 
  • Resettled July 1982 
  • Taught ESL
  • Became teacher #2

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