Launching the complete novel 'Nguon Son Van Dau' about the image of President Ho Chi Minh

On the occasion of the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2025), on the morning of May 17, in Hanoi, the Central Theoretical Council, the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace, the Literature Publishing House, and Lien Viet Media and Culture Joint Stock Company launched the novel series "Nuoc son van dam", consisting of 5 volumes by writer Nguyen The Ky.

General Secretary To Lam and President Luong Cuong sent congratulatory flower baskets.

After many years of contemplation, persistently accumulating documents, historical materials and conducting research trips at home and abroad; conducting integration, analysis, comparison and cross-reference of existing documents, in 2022, writer Nguyen The Ky structured the outline and started writing in parallel the novel and the artistic epic both named "Nuon non van dam". The artistic epic has completed part I "Nô nước non" in the massive 5-part script collection. The opera "Nô nước non" has reached a wide audience in many provinces, cities, agencies and units across the country.

The novel series “Thousand Miles of Mountains and Rivers” consists of 5 volumes, which will be released to readers in 4 years: “Debt to the Country” - 2022; “Drifting Four Seas” - 2023; “From Viet Bac to Hanoi” - early 2024, “Road to Dien Bien” - late 2024 and “Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh” - 2025.

Writer Nguyen The Ky shared that this is a novel series that he cherished, prepared and carried out for 20 years, with meticulous and serious research on history, politics, culture...; with experience, accumulated life experiences for many years in his hometown Nghe An and many lands in and outside the country and above all, his boundless love for President Ho Chi Minh.

Accompanying writer Nguyen The Ky during the book launch, poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, commented that this is a great novel about President Ho Chi Minh. The novel has succeeded in building a portrait of a person who has created a path and a history of the nation. That is Ho Chi Minh.

Using the fictional prose genre, the author has built in “Nuoc son van dam” the character image, historical and social context around the main character Nguyen Sinh Cung - Nguyen Tat Thanh - Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh in a realistic, vivid, simple, humanistic and engaging way for readers. At the same time, it reflects the broad social picture of Vietnam and the world.

The 5 novels take readers to live with the main character Nguyen Sinh Cung in his homeland Vietnam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; with Nguyen Tat Thanh - Nguyen Van Ba ​​"Drifting the four seas" in search of a way to save the country; following him back to the Fatherland, "From Viet Bac to Hanoi" to create the August Revolution in 1945; then "The Road to Dien Bien" through 9 years of resistance against French colonialism, creating the resounding victory of Dien Bien Phu and then the resistance against the US, unifying the country. The sacred Testament that he left behind; his thoughts, morality, and style will forever remain with the country. The name "Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh" will shine forever, echoing with the country and the world.

Dr. Bui The Duc, Deputy Head of the Subcommittee on Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art (Central Council of Theory) emphasized that the publication of the complete historical novel “Nuoc non van dam” by writer Nguyen The Ky is a special event to present to Uncle Ho on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of his birth. This is a novel of high ideological and artistic value in the flow of the country's literature and art.

According to Dr. Bui The Duc, unlike other writers who usually only choose "slices" of history to portray the image of Ho Chi Minh at certain times, author Nguyen The Ky has recreated the entire life and revolutionary career of Uncle Ho through literary language. The novel also contributes to protecting the ideological foundation of our Party at the time of preparing for the 14th Party Congress - the country entering an era of national development, prosperity, civilization and prosperity.

At the ceremony, theorists, literary critics, writers, journalists, artists, and readers had open discussions with writer Nguyen The Ky to clarify the writer's creative work; how to choose topics, scale of events, characters, contexts, and historical events; the difference between writing history and writing prose; poetics of the novel in "Nuoc son van dam"; memorable stories and memories when the writer wrote this novel.