VNA launches Korean author’s book on late Party chief

This is the first book written by a foreign author about the life and career of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, with details about the Party chief's youth that few people know.

VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang and Korean delegates at the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang and Korean delegates at the launch ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - A ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 23 by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Publishing House to launch a book entitled “Truyen ve Tong Bi thu Nguyen Phu Trong” (Stories of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong) by Korean author Cho Chulhyeon, on the occasion of 100 days since the late Party leader passed away.

The 344-page book includes introduction, four chapters and epilogue, spotlighting General Secretary Trong’s life from his childhood, his time in schools and his career through different positions, including Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee (2000-2006), Chairman of the National Assembly (2006-2011), and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the 11th, 12th, and 13th tenures.

In particular, State President Luong Cuong, when he was a Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, wrote the foreword for the book, affirming that author Cho Chulhyeon has vividly sketched the life and career of late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. It has helped readers at home and abroad gain insights into a talented and virtuous leader, a talented and independent, and steadfast and creative strategist, a great man of culture of Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh era

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The Vietnamese version of the book on late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong by Korean author Cho Chulhyeon (Photo: VietnamPlus)

The Korean version of the book was published in the Republic of Korea by writer Cho Chulhyeon and Jammy Holdings, Jammy Media on April 14, 2024, on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the Vietnamese Party leader. This is the first book by a foreign author on the life and career of General Secretary Trong, which was written through a painstaking process of research and synthesis of documents by writer Cho Chulhyeon.

Addressing the launching ceremony, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung said that with 80 years of age and nearly 57 years of Party membership, General Secretary Trong devoted his whole life to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the Vietnamese people with a steadfast spirit and will, putting national interests on top of all, and considering “honour is the most sacred thing”.

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Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung addresses the event (Photo: VietanmPlus)

The late leader was a bright example of revolutionary mettle and ethics, impartiality, simple lifestyle, integrity, sincerity, and democratic and dedicated working style, the nucleus of solidarity, unity, and intelligence of the entire Party, people, and armed forces, who was respected, trusted, and proud of by officials, Party members, people, and compatriots abroad, and highly evaluated by international friends, said Trung.

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The author has collected many precious documents and photos about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Trung hailed the VNA’s efforts in translating and publishing the book in a short time to introduce it on the 100th day of the late leader’s passing. He affirmed that the book will help foster the friendship and sound cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea in the context that the two countries are heading to the 32nd anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations and two years of comprehensive strategic partnership.

VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang said that with an aim to popularise the book on the late Party leader through the eyes of a foreign author among Vietnamese readers, the agency signed a book copyright transfer contract with Jammy Holdings on July 27, 2024, enabling the translation and verification and publication of the book.

Trang affirmed that the book is an incense offered to late General Secretary Trong to commemorate his great contributions to the country, reminding Vietnamese people to continue to inherit and further promote the legacies that the late leader left for the development of the nation./.

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