New book collection of wartime letters hits the shelves

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House has launched a special collection of letters showcasing the glorious national history and the love of a young generation during the wartime.

The book titled Nhung La Thu Thoi Chien Viet Nam (Letters of Vietnam Wartime), released recently in HCM City, includes 200 handwritten letters from soldiers and young people collected and complied by journalist Dang Vuong Hung.

All of the letters belong to a "brave young generation who were ready to sacrifice and dedicate their youth to revolutionary ideal and national liberation," said Nguyen Hoai Anh, deputy director of the Su That National Political Publishing House.

According to Anh, most letters' authors were no longer alive.

Still, their small handwriting of "hasty words" on the old papers are touching stories about history and the ideals, sacrifice and dedication of the young people during wartime.

"These letters are also profound evidence of their love for family, love among couples and love for the homeland and motherland," he added. "They have contributed to the unforgettable glorious, and heroic history of Vietnam."

Anh said he hoped that when turning from the first page to the last page of the book, readers would be able to accompany writers, most of them were soldiers, reminiscing about the hard days of fighting and experiencing moments of relaxing and dreaming about their families and beloved ones.

Journalist Hung said: "Each of those wartime letters became a bridge connecting the front lines and the rear, reflecting a young generation on the battlefield with all their love for the motherland and their families along with a high willingness of fighting, sacrifice and dedication. It is a generation that will forever last along with the nation's history."

He revealed his book had been supplemented for this publication with some presentations and documents collected from a conference themed "Letters in the Vietnam wartime in the national history, traditions and culture", held in July 2017 in Hanoi by the Centre for Research, Conservation and Promotion of National Culture, in collaboration with the Vietnam Historical Science Association, the War Remnants Museum and the Soldiers Hearts club./.