How Dép Tổ Ong Goes From Timeless Family Keepsake to Millennial Icon (via Saigoneer)
about 69 months ago (09/15/2018)
How Dép Tổ Ong Goes From Timeless Family Keepsake to Millennial Icon (via Saigoneer) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 16, 2018 Back in 2014, amid the weekly cycle of news, a particular image was more striking than most: Doctor and Professor Ngo Bao Chau stood in the middle of a makeshift classroom in a rural village in Thai Nguyen Province while teaching local kids. Chau is a Vietnamese-French mathematician who’s currently based at the University of Chicago, USA, and the first Vietnamese awarded with the Fields Medal for accomplished mathematicians. While Chau’s accolades are impressive, what tickled netizens the most upon setting eyes on the set of photos were his shoes — a pair of beige dép tổ ong , Vietnam’s unofficial national footwear.