Dominic Scriven

Today Dispatch meets one of the earliest Post Doi Moi era investors in Vietnam - Dominic Scriven. Scriven has also been involved in other lesser-known streams of art and culture in Vietnam. In this episode, Dispatch host, Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran chats with him about his first arrival in Vietnam at the beginning of 1990s, how he started to engage with Vietnam, first through the language and then through the rapid changes of the country for nearly three decades. Scriven's local involvement has expanded into a wide range of activities, from the establishment of the new free-market economic structure to the collection of literature and propaganda posters, from wildlife conservation to contemporary art.