In 1994 Gilberte DO-HUU and Robert EBERHARDT visited Vietnam and notably the work of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and Thanh TRUONG (his wife). Friends: they knew each other from the time in « frères de Hommes » (NGO), Gilberte and Robert in France, Bernard in Bangladesh...

Thanh has a strong network of friends in the Vietnamese community in Paris. She helped the boat people during a long time for their integration in France; there are also the Vietnamese groups anxious to make something for their country and to protect their culture. Robert is very active in the associative environment. Finally, Bernard kept a network of friends of the time where he worked in Bangladesh. Therefore, quickly enough, a core was created, motivated and friendly,and in any case very convivial.