The Nông Cổ Mín Đàm (1901–1924, fr:Causeries sur L'agriculture et Le commerce, en: Talks on Agriculture and Commerce) was the first Vietnamese economic newspaper published in Saigon. Owned by Paul Canavaggio – a French plantation owner cum salt trader – the newspaper was printed in both Quốc ngữ and Chữ Nho, once a week on Thursday at first, then increased to three issues per week.
History With the first editor-in-chief from 1901 to 1906, then the second – Trần Chánh Chiếu from 1906 to 1908, Nông Cổ Mín Đàm was a forum of the contemporary Vietnamse businessmen to protect the national economic development and interest.
The newspaper also diffused Quốc ngữ via translations of Chinese novels by a team of translators elite in both Quốc ngữ and Chữ Nho such as , , , Nguyễn An Cư, Đinh Văn Đẩu, Trần Hữu Quang, Huỳnh Trí Phú.
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