Constantly thinking about the traditional and modern values and being a juvenile that awares of the strongly cross-cultural patterns between traditional and newly adopted perceptions in the 20th century, Olympian Trinh Diem Quynh has brought many cultural narratives to the stage of TEDxYouth@Hanoi. Despite being conveyed by an 18 years old, the narratives would cause any adult to contemplate life which revolves around them.
Enthusiastic, positive and full of energy are traits that can easily be seen in Diem Quynh, a member of the debating club D-DOXA, who is also the head of the Department of Internal Affairs which belongs to the Olympia student council 19-20… as well as several other achievements which was gained throughout her years studying in the institute. Concerning the matter of tradition and modernity, Diem Quynh had an impressive speech on the theme “Traditional or modern music, which one should we choose” on the stage of TEDxYouth@Hanoi not long ago, which attracted the general public’s attention with over 23, 000 views on Youtube. To many people, having the chance to be presented on TEDxYouth@Hanoi is a tremendous favour and perhaps, Diem Quynh is also fully aware and immensely grateful for this opportunity.
During the beginning of a new year, when anyone can obviously sense the traditional and modern impression blend in together in the stream of life, we had a chance to have a talk with Diem Quynh.
Hello, Diem Quynh. Recently, Diem Quynh’s speech on TEDx has been acknowledged and spread widely, can you share with us the content as well as the message behind the talk.
In the TEDxYouth@Hanoi conference that occured, I had the honor of receiving an invitation to become the speaker in order to talk about “Preserving traditional music of Vietnam”. As a student who received international education, my peers and I are not likely to have the opportunity to come in contact with the national folk music. My everyday types of music that I listen to are hiphop, indie and pop - the gen Z ones, instead of Cheo, Quan Ho or Ca Tru. When youngsters lose interest in traditional values, the national folk music of Vietnam would be forgotten and soon disappear. Traditional music is indeed a cultural treasure which consists of layers of deep thoughts and emotion from the previous generations.
The reason for me to choose this topic is due to the annual field trip of Olympia to Hue in September 2019, when the whole grade was able to listen to Hue Ca Tru. Not until that moment did I realize how much I have missed for not listening to folk music more.
What fate has brought Diem Quynh to TEDxYouth@Hanoi and how do you feel standing on such a prominent stage?
Back in the day, I won the first prize in the TEDxGPA contest and that was the fundamental helping me to once again have the opportunity to stand on the stage of TEDxYouth@Hanoi. During that time, Mrs. My Linh - an English teacher, introduced and aided me throughout the process of being a participant of the contest.
In front of such a prominent stage, I believe anyone would be nervous, worried, and afraid that they would stutter or make mistakes. However, after finishing the speech, I truly feel happy for surpassing my own fear.
Tradition and modernity seem to be opposite but in fact, they harmonize diligently together. At the start of the new year, what is Diem Quynh’s perspective on the Vietnamese Tet holiday and the modernized Tet in this day and age?
As I have already expressed in the speech about traditional and modern music, values which are considered as Vietnamese tradition are not required to be restrained and resembled exactly from one century to another. Traditional values of Vietnam such as Tet holiday have acculturation that happens through years in order to become suitable for Vietnamese people at each specific time. Undeniably, these variants need to be civilized, polite as well as being able to preserve the formality of Tet holiday.
National identity of Vietnam is an aspect that is primarily considered in the Olympia school program. Do you think that it is a crucial feature of Vietnamese students and how are you personally performing it?
I think that national identity is exceedingly crucial to Vietnamese students; that is the reason why in course programs, especially in social studies in Olympia, teachers highly focus on aspects of Vietnamese identity. The field trip to Hue of our grade last year was also a means so that students can have the most intuitive and thorough perspective on the national identity of Vietnam. Learning from lessons of Vietnamese identity, students are able to grasp more about their origins on their path towards the future.
There are only a few months left until your graduation. What is the cultural baggage that you would like to introduce to the world?
Like many other Olympia students, I aim to study abroad after graduating. Perhaps, in the cultural baggage that I would bring to a foreign country I would want to share with friends across nations about the traditional musics, folk tales that have been passed on through generations and the refined family tradition in Vietnam as well. In a modern society during globalization, you will be remembered with the cultural significance and identity that represent the nation.
Taking in account the amount of achievements that you have accomplished, which is your proudest attainment of the year?
The opportunity of standing on the stage of TEDx is what I am proud of the most this year. It wasn’t merely a chance to stand under the stage light and speak in front of a huge crowd or be famous; TEDx helped me surpass my own fear, be able to deliver positive messages ang bring my own passion in culture and values of Vietnam to the mass society.
Moreover, I also participated and received awards from numerous national and international debating contests as well as start-up ones.
The 4. 0 era has wiped out many cultural values; what is your opinion about how juveniles should take responsibility for passing on the traditional values of the nation?
Youngsters should take responsibility for preserving the traditional values. During the years studying in school, acknowledging the traditional culture and its importance alone has been a huge age-appropriate positive contribution that would continue the heritages which were passed on by the previous generations.
Constantly
thinking about the
traditional
and
modern
values and being a juvenile that
awares
of the
strongly
cross-cultural patterns between
traditional
and
newly
adopted perceptions in the 20th century, Olympian
Trinh
Diem
Quynh
has brought
many
cultural
narratives to the
stage
of
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
. Despite
being conveyed
by
an
18 years
old
, the narratives would cause any adult to contemplate life which revolves around them.
Enthusiastic,
positive
and full of energy are traits that can
easily
be
seen
in Diem
Quynh
, a member of the debating club
D-DOXA
, who is
also
the head of the Department of Internal Affairs which belongs to the Olympia
student
council 19-20… as
well
as several other achievements which
was gained
throughout her years studying in the institute. Concerning the matter of tradition and modernity, Diem
Quynh
had an impressive
speech
on the theme
“Traditional
or
modern
music
, which one should we choose” on the
stage
of
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
not long ago, which attracted the
general public
’s attention with over 23, 000 views on
Youtube
. To
many
people
, having the chance to
be presented
on
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
is a tremendous
favour
and perhaps, Diem
Quynh
is
also
fully
aware and
immensely
grateful for this opportunity.
During the beginning of a new
year
, when anyone can
obviously
sense the
traditional
and
modern
impression blend in together in the stream of life, we had a chance to have a talk with Diem
Quynh
.
Hello, Diem
Quynh
. Recently, Diem
Quynh
’s
speech
on TEDx has
been acknowledged
and spread
widely
, can you share with us the content as
well
as the message behind the talk.
In the
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
conference that
occured
, I had the honor of receiving an invitation to become the speaker in order to talk about “Preserving
traditional
music
of Vietnam”. As a
student
who received international education, my peers and I are not likely to have the opportunity to
come
in contact with the
national
folk
music
. My everyday types of
music
that I listen to are
hiphop
, indie and pop
-
the gen Z ones,
instead
of
Cheo
,
Quan
Ho or Ca
Tru
. When youngsters lose interest in
traditional
values, the
national
folk
music
of Vietnam would
be forgotten
and
soon
disappear.
Traditional
music
is
indeed
a
cultural
treasure which consists of layers of deep thoughts and emotion from the previous generations.
The reason for me to choose this topic is due to the annual field trip of Olympia to Hue in September 2019, when the whole grade was
able
to listen to Hue Ca
Tru
. Not until that moment did I realize how much I have missed for not listening to
folk
music
more.
What fate has brought Diem
Quynh
to
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
and how do you feel standing on such a prominent stage?
Back in the day, I won the
first
prize in the
TEDxGPA
contest and that was the fundamental helping me to once again have the opportunity to stand on the
stage
of
TEDxYouth@Hanoi
. During that time, Mrs. My
Linh
-
an English teacher, introduced and aided me throughout the process of being a participant of the contest.
In front of such a prominent
stage
, I believe anyone would be nervous, worried, and afraid that they would stutter or
make
mistakes.
However
, after finishing the
speech
, I
truly
feel happy for surpassing my
own
fear.
Tradition and modernity seem to be opposite
but
in fact, they harmonize
diligently
together. At the
start
of the new
year
, what is Diem
Quynh
’s perspective on the Vietnamese Tet holiday and the modernized Tet in this day and age?
As I have already expressed in the
speech
about
traditional
and
modern
music
, values which
are considered
as Vietnamese tradition are not required to
be restrained
and resembled exactly from one century to another.
Traditional
values of Vietnam such as Tet holiday have acculturation that happens through years in order to become suitable for Vietnamese
people
at each specific time.
Undeniably
, these variants need to
be civilized
, polite as
well
as being
able
to preserve the formality of Tet holiday.
National
identity
of Vietnam is an aspect
that is
primarily
considered in the Olympia school program. Do you
think
that it is a crucial feature of Vietnamese
students
and how are you
personally
performing it?
I
think
that
national
identity
is
exceedingly
crucial to Vietnamese
students
;
that is
the reason why in course programs,
especially
in social studies in Olympia, teachers
highly
focus on aspects of Vietnamese
identity
. The field trip to Hue of our grade last
year
was
also
a means
so
that
students
can have the most intuitive and thorough perspective on the
national
identity
of Vietnam. Learning from lessons of Vietnamese
identity
,
students
are
able
to grasp more about their origins on their path towards the future.
There are
only
a few months
left
until your graduation. What is the
cultural
baggage that you would like to introduce to the world?
Like
many
other Olympia
students
, I aim to study abroad after graduating. Perhaps, in the
cultural
baggage that I would bring to a foreign country I would want to share with friends across nations about the
traditional
musics
,
folk
tales that have
been passed
on through generations and the refined family tradition in Vietnam as
well
. In a
modern
society during globalization, you will
be remembered
with the
cultural
significance and
identity
that represent the nation.
Taking in account the amount of achievements that you have accomplished, which is your proudest attainment of the year?
The opportunity of standing on the
stage
of TEDx is what I am proud of the most this
year
. It wasn’t
merely
a chance to stand under the
stage
light and speak in front of a huge crowd or be
famous
; TEDx
helped
me surpass my
own
fear, be
able
to deliver
positive
messages ang bring my
own
passion in culture and values of Vietnam to the mass society.
Moreover
, I
also
participated and received awards from numerous
national
and international debating contests as
well
as
start
-up ones.
The 4. 0
era
has wiped out
many
cultural
values; what is your opinion about how juveniles should take responsibility for passing on the
traditional
values of the nation?
Youngsters should take responsibility for preserving the
traditional
values. During the years studying in school, acknowledging the
traditional
culture and its importance alone has been a huge age-appropriate
positive
contribution that would continue the heritages which
were passed
on by the previous generations.
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