MC Diem Quynh choked up during her last time hosting 'Youth Bar'
"Perhaps this is the program where I have the most difficulty doing my job well, even though I know I should have done very well" - MC Diem Quynh tearfully shared.
"Youth Cafe" in December brings many special emotions with full stories.nostalgiaof the guests in the theme "Beloved Winters". Participating in the program include: Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan - former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, former military pilot; actress Chieu Xuan; veteran - musician Nguyen Van Bang; musician Truong Quy Hai; journalist Ngo Ba Luc; writer Do Bich Thuy...
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| MC Diem Quynh and guests at "Youth Bar" in December. Photo: NSXCC |
Winter in the memories of soldiers
Senior Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan's parents were from the South and moved to the North. When he was over 5 years old, his parents went on a business trip far away. His father was a member of the Paris Agreement negotiation team. During the 18 years living with his grandmother, the memories of the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army are filled with the image of his second mother. He said he grew up with roasted corn, chestnuts, and banh troi tau - Hanoi's specialties.
In particular, the most memorable things about his childhood and youth are all related to Winter, which is also the season he was born. He talked about the time he was a 10th grade student at Nguyen Trai school, evacuated near Van Dinh. Every time he heard the sound of anti-aircraft artillery or rockets, everyone went to the fields and witnessed many times B52 planes burning in the sky. Those were unforgettable impressions for the youth at that time and that was what urged him to become a soldier.
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| Singer Thuy Dung and musician Truong Quy Hai perform the song "Khoạn ký". Photo: NSXCC |
Musician Truong Quy Hai's winter nostalgia is concretized with the nostalgia for the fragrant smell of banh troi tau spreading from Hang Da market to his home street Duong Thanh, with the night cries that make people crave to savor all the typical things of Hanoi's nighttime treats. Later, that feeling contributed to his writing of songs filled with love for Hanoi, includingMoment, performed by singer Thuy Dung atYouth CafeThis time, Thuy Dung said she cried "on the spot" when she heard the phone call fromYouth CafeShe was the first to sing this song and promised to sing it until she was 92.
Winter in everyone's memory
Artist Chieu Xuan said that what she misses about winter is her mother, the warmth in the suitcases of old clothes. The floral cotton shirt that her mother waited in line for a long time to buy, she wore from the long dress to the short one.
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| Artist Chieu Xuan in the program "Youth Cafe". Photo: NXSCC |
In her acting career, Chieu Xuan had to act in the cold of 4 degrees and 6 degrees many times. "There was a memory of filming a TV series in Viet Tri. The wind from the Lo River was blowing. That night I had a fever. The next day I was still acting in the vast fields."
Continuing the story of "Winter Coat", writer Do Bich Thuy said that she is the fourth generation in her family to wear a coat. That coat was passed down from her aunt to her two brothers and then to Thuy. She wore it from the time the coat reached her knees until it reached her hips, the yellow buttons turned pale white. And to her, it was the most beautiful coat of her childhood.
First time toYouth Cafe, writer Do Bich Thuy has brought attractive stories of the highlands. Her house is in a valley of 3 thousand square meters. That place is full of Tay people. Thuy's parents' small house is in the windiest and coldest position. The house has earthen walls, and was originally roofed with palm leaves. On winter evenings, Thuy's father would bake 3 bricks on the stove for 2 hours. Those bricks were stuffed under a cotton blanket.
"My sisters and I could not have gotten through the winter without our father's pink bricks," writer Do Bich Thuy concluded.
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| MC Diem Quynh shares in the program. Photo: NSXCC |
The youth cafe called "Beloved Winters" airs at 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, December 4 on VTV1. This is the last "Youth Cafe" program of 2021, and also the last episode.MC Diem Quynhlead. Before that, she took on a new assignment – as Director of the Television Film Production Center (VFC), Vietnam Television.
"Perhaps this is the program that I have had the most difficulty doing my job well, even though this is the topic that I have dreamed of since I started working on Quan Thanh Xuan" - MC Diem Quynh tearfully shared.
