Introducing the book "The truth about the famine of 1945 (through historical documents and memories)"

As part of a series of activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19, 1945 - August 19, 2025), the 80th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025), on the morning of August 25, the Provincial Library coordinated with the Nha Trang Book Distribution Center (National Political Publishing House Truth) to organize an introduction of the work "The Truth about the 1945 Famine (through historical documents and memories)" by author Nguyen Quang An.

Representatives of Nha Trang Book Distribution Center presented the book "The Truth about the 1945 Famine (through historical documents and memories)" to representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department and the Provincial Library.

At the program, more than 150 delegates, union members, youth, students and pupils listened to Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Huynh (Institute of Vietnamese History and Culture Research) introduce the author Nguyen Quang An and the birth of the book; how the truth about the famine in 1945 was exposed through the book; the mission of political books in the era of national development. In addition, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Huynh interacted and exchanged information with students about some contents related to the history and culture of the Vietnamese nation.

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Huynh introduces the book.

Publication "The truth about the 1945 famine (through historical documents and memories)".

The publication “The Truth about the 1945 Famine (through Historical Documents and Memories)” is over 700 pages thick, the result of nearly 30 years of collecting, researching, and recording by author Nguyen Quang An from many rare sources of documents and memories of witnesses in 19 locations in 8 northern provinces. Thereby, it contributes to reconstructing the entire picture of an unprecedented disaster in the history of the nation - the 1945 famine that took the lives of more than 2 million innocent people and left behind the utmost pain. But it is from that painful memory that arose a strong desire to live, a spirit of solidarity, an indomitable will, and a burning belief in the revolutionary path under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh.

Students participate in answering questions about the country's history.

Young people read books in the exhibition space introducing information resources of the Provincial Library.

On this occasion, representatives of Nha Trang Book Distribution Center presented the book "The Truth about the 1945 Famine (through historical documents and memories)" to representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department and the Provincial Library.

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