Opening of the Literary Criticism Writing Camp

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of August 4, 2012, in the coastal town of Cua Lo, Nghe An, the Vietnam Writers Association opened the Literary Theory and Criticism Writing Camp. Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Phan Dinh Trac - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Hong Vinh - Chairman of the Central Council of Literary Theory and Criticism; Nguyen Tri Huan - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, Editor-in-Chief of the Literature Newspaper; Professor Phong Le - former Director of the Institute of Literature; Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Hanh - former Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; To Hong Hai - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department.

Overview of the opening of the LLPBVH writing camp

Opening the writing camp, Vice President Nguyen Tri Huan thanked the leaders of Nghe An province for their attention and emphasized the significance of the first writing camp: “For the first time, the Vietnam Writers Association (NVVN) organized a writing camp on Literary Theory and Criticism (LLPBVH) to gather the intelligence of outstanding literary theory and criticism writers across the country. This activity emphasizes one thing: the field of LLPBVH is the focus, and needs changes to promote the development of literature in the new situation. This is also a practical activity to continue effectively implementing Resolution 23 of the 10th Politburo on Literature and Arts, Resolution 4 of the 11th Central Committee, and also a response activity to the exciting activities of the Central Council for Literary Theory and Criticism.”

Provincial Party Secretary Phan Dinh Trac presented souvenirs to the Vietnam Writers Association.

Attending the opening ceremony, congratulating the writing camp and highlighting the characteristics of Nghe An, the land of outstanding people, the homeland of the outstanding Vietnamese cultural figure Ho Chi Minh, the Queen of Nom poetry Ho Xuan Huong, comrade Phan Dinh Trac said: “In recent years, in addition to taking care of socio-economic development, Party committees and authorities at all levels have paid great attention to the field of literature and art, to create a comprehensive development step. Thanks to that, the literary and artistic works of the province's writers and writers from all over the country contributing to Nghe An have closely followed the vivid reality of life, truthfully and objectively reflecting humanism through literary works and, accordingly, LLPB works. This is the most encouraging step, the most profound support for people to firmly believe in the Party and the regime when praising the good, condemning the bad, the degeneration and degradation of personality, lifestyle and ethics in a part of society. The struggle through typical characters in literary works at Nghe An and the whole country have created high consensus in the minds of Nghe An people."

Comrade Hong Vinh - Chairman of the Central Council of LLPBVHNT spoke

Speaking at the writing camp, comrade Nguyen Hong Vinh highly appreciated the practical and effective activities of the Vietnam Writers Association in recent times, especially the Central Council for the Protection of Literature and the Arts, which organized this writing camp, as a remarkable mark. Through training, it will contribute to overcoming the phenomenon of an increasing lack of literary and artistic critics, and the backwardness of the writing camp, far from life and the reality of literature and arts. Therefore, to successfully implement Resolution 23 of the Politburo on literature and arts, it is required that the writing camp must be placed within the ideological, cultural and artistic front of the Party."

Immediately after the opening, the writing camp participated in a discussion with the topic: "Literature and the issue of fighting negativity, corruption and moral degradation".

Phan Nguyen