Behind the mirror of the party: Meet your Vietnamese neighbors

You know their late-night shops, bistros, or nail studios, but do you know how the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic actually thinks? Why does the older generation hold on to traditional values, while the younger one builds successful tech startups or works in corporate business? And how do you properly address and pronounce Vietnamese names without getting embarrassed?

At the next Brain&Breakfast meeting, Thuy Duong Trinh will guide you through the sociocultural and historical contexts of the Vietnamese diaspora. You’ll have the chance to ask questions you’ve always wanted to but never had the opportunity or were too shy to. Discover the Vietnamese community from a completely new perspective!

Who is Thuy Duong Trinh

Thuy Duong Trinh has long been dedicated to connecting the Czech and Vietnamese environments. Through her projects, she maps the transformation of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic and opens up topics of identity, intergenerational relationships, and cultural differences.
She is the founder of the Viet Cast podcast, which shares stories of inspiring personalities of Vietnamese origin and provides deeper context to Czech-Vietnamese relations. She also contributed to the Little Hanoi, Next Generation project, which captured the transformation of the second generation of Vietnamese in the Czech Republic through photographic portraits and personal stories.
In her work, she helps foster understanding and partnership between the Czech and Vietnamese communities.