By the time we arrived at Bau Sau (the Crocodile
Lake) in Cat Tien National Park of Dong Nai Province, we had already
spent a remarkable morning trekking through 15km of rainy jungle.
Local scholars gathered yesterday to discuss the
role of French literature in Viet Nam''s culture and history during a
roundtable discussion co-organised by the French Institute and Nha Nam
Publishing House.
One of the leading comic illustrators in Viet Nam,
Ta Huy Long, critic Pham Xuan Nguyen and writer Truong Quy will hold a
discussion on the 82-page colour comic book Cua So (Window) of the illustrator, which was published late last year.
American professor and historian Larry Berman, who wrote a book on famed
Vietnamese spy Pham Xuan An, has launched a website in English and
Vietnamese to honour the late general.
Veteran literary critic Pham Xuan Nguyen has called for more recognition
from culture authorities and writers for online writing, which is
attracting a fresh wave of young followers.
Revered Vietnamese General Pham Xuan An, whose life was the subject of
American historian Larry Berman''s book, will be the focus of a US$
1-million television series.
Larry Berman, an American historian, will return to Viet Nam next month
to begin interviews and research for a new book on Vietnamese agent
Nguyen Van Tau, alias Tu Cang. The former spy worked with legendary spy
Pham Xuan An, who was the...
He was a spy like no other, respected by both sides, enemy and friend
alike. His story, told six years ago in a book by Larry Berman, an
American historian, surprised and even shocked the US reading public.
Reading A Perfect Spy, a book on Viet Nam''s greatest
undercover operative, Pham Xuan An, by American historian Larry Berman,
one detail drew my attention: the 1958 imprisonment in Chin Ham (Nine
Bunkers) Prison of Tran Quoc Huong, ...
