User:Lydie Bertrand

'''Lydie BERTRAND was born on August 26th in Saigon (Viet Nam). Her family moves to France when her father went there to enter the French Air Force Academy in Salon de Provence. She grew up and is educated in France.

Lydie BERTRAND''' is presently the Senior Press Adviser and the Spokeperson of the French Embassy in Australia, 6 Perth Avenue, Yarralumla ACT 2600. She arrived in Australia in September 2011, after being posted to Korea (2006-2011), Singapore (2002-2006), Hong Kong (1998-2002), Singapore (1994-1998), Los Angeles (1989-1994) and Beijing (1986-1989) and before that New Orleans (USA) and Wellington (New Zealand). Her home is Paris (France). To listen to her interview with SBS Radio, click here (http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/french/highlight/page/id/227654/t/Lydie-Bertrand-Spokesperson-for-the-French-Embassy-in-Canberra).

Her maiden name is PHAM Thi Bich-Hong, her ancestors and both her parents are Vietnamese. Her father, PHAM-Long-Suu (1925-2011) (http://hoiquanphidung.com/showthread.php?5702-Chia-Buon-Dai-Ta-Pham-Long-Suu) was a high ranking officer in the Vietnamese army. After her father graduated Major of the first batch of fighter pilots who went to studying at the Ecole de l'Air in Salon de Provence in France (http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/acces-specifiques/ecoles-et-formation/les-ecoles-d-officiers-de-salon-de-provence/les-ecoles-d-officiers-de-salon-de-provence), the family came back to Viet Nam when he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Air Force and then Chairman and CEO of the National Airline company Air Vietnam. He passed away at the age of 87 in the USA. Her mother HA Thi Bich-Hà (1927-1962) was the daughter of M. HA Van Lan, gouvernor of the imperial city Huê, and of Mrs CONG-TON Nu Dai-Hy, grand-daughter of King Hiêp-Hoà (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%E1%BB%87p_Ho%C3%A0)

Lydie Bertrand speaks French, Vietnamese and English fluently, and she has some notions of Spanish, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesian. She majored in Communication and is specialized in media and communication strategy and has been working for the French ministry of Foreign Affairs for more than 25 years. She is also the spoke-person of the French Embassies where she is posted (see above)

She has travelled from China to Australia and has a good knowledge of Asia, and South-east Asia and is very involved in humanitarian projects with children with special needs (http://view.koreaherald.com/kh/view.php?ud=20110626000284&cpv=0)

Lydie Bertrand is also the founder, director and president of 2 companies : "O WORLD", an interior design company (http://www.design.co.kr/section/news_detail.html?info_id=50090&category=000000000001&pageno=1), her works can be seen on Facebook, and "O COMMUNICATION" (http://www.fkcci.com/fkcci-activities/events/calendar-of-events/vue-detail/event/4646.html) a media and press consulting agency offering services such as organizing press conferences, interviews, visits of sites, training, workshops, etc...

Lydie BERTRAND is mother of 2, a son David Bao-Khang (born in 1974) who is the founder of a NGO called CLC Education (Community Learning Center) (http://www.clceducation.net), and a daughter Sophie Mai-Khanh (born 1983), who is a fashion designer and stylist, and founder of the label MKHANH (http://www.MKHANH.com).

She has 4 grand-children, Asa Bao-Khang (2003), Nomi Li-Khanh (2008), Osaze An-Khang (2011) and Maya Lou-Anh (2012).