That day at Thanh Nien Newspaper

There is such a branch is a long news article about a youth branch of the 05.06 Bau Bang camp, a re-education camp for girls and boys who have made mistakes, located in the west of Da Nang city. That was the summer of 1988.

1 That evening I was invited to attend a meeting of the female labor team after the cassava planting session. The lazy girls who were afraid of the sun were criticized. The person in charge said: "Working is to have something to eat, why are you lazy? Do you think you are from a good family? Here, luckily, there is this journalist who is from a good family...". The whole camp burst into laughter, dispelling the heavy atmosphere of the meeting. I still remember that it was the first time in my life that I sat in a meeting with more than 300 girls who had made mistakes in a reformatory, but could only write a news story and send it to Thanh Nien Newspaper. by mail …

Exactly one year later, when the newspaper moved to Nguyen Thong Street, I sent a short story called Shadow and Light about a hydroelectric power plant in Nam Giang. When a student unit discovered a soldier’s grave at the edge of the forest and informed his family to come and collect the remains, the wife stayed at the scene that night to tell the story of her and her martyr husband, a worker at the Ben Thuy power plant. Her husband went to the South, while she was still a worker at the power plant, and had been disciplined for embezzling supplies. They had fought against bombs and bullets to keep the light source and then committed crimes because of greed. That was the fragile distance in each person…

Ngày ấy ở Báo Thanh Niên- Ảnh 1. — Activities of *Thanh Nien* Newspaper at the Central Office (now the Central Coast Office) after the historic flood in 1999. Photo 1: *Thanh Nien* Newspaper's vehicle entered the flooded area of Quang Nam to work

Ngày ấy ở Báo Thanh Niên- Ảnh 2. — Photo 2: Relief organization at the source of Thu Bon River, Quang Nam

Not long after that, when I moved to Dat Quang magazine, the Editorial Board invited me and journalist Huynh Ngoc Chinh to the newspaper when it printed an additional edition every Thursday and needed more permanent reporters in the Central region. A short time later, Huynh Ngoc Chinh was transferred to the South, leaving me alone to establish the newspaper's representative office in the Central region in 1992. At that time, the Editorial Board invited poet Thai Ngoc San to stay permanently in Hue, after he stopped working at Song Huong magazine.

Recalling those details to see more: To expand the growing Thanh Nien newspaper, the Editorial Board at that time boldly accepted many veteran writers from the provinces such as writer The Vu from Nha Trang, poet Tan Hoai Da Vu, poet Le Nhuoc Thuy, writer Nguyen Hoang Thu from the Central Highlands, poet and musician Vu Duc Sao Bien... to strengthen the editorial office and departments. When we met at 20 ter Tran Hung Dao B, we had already known each other before, so the working atmosphere was very favorable.

Ngày ấy ở Báo Thanh Niên- Ảnh 3. — Journalist Truong Dien Thang on a reporting trip to Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai

After work, we would go to a coffee shop or a billiards club next to the editorial office, which was very lively. Mr. Vu Duc Sao Bien used to be a teacher and had previously written for newspapers, so he often sat and exchanged experiences on writing techniques, which the young writers listened to attentively.

At that time, Mr. Huynh Tan Mam was still in office, sometimes he would sit down to drink water with his colleagues and talk about old and new things. Mr. Mam went to work on a Suzuki, and had a gentle personality. I kept wondering how such a person could have been a leader of the student movement before 1975. Before I could fully understand him, after a short time he was transferred to another job…

At that time, the newspaper was still poor, the number of copies printed was still low, after the shift, the whole editorial board had to run to the printing house to monitor the paper source, the agents registered the quantity, etc. Sometimes it was after 9pm when I got home. I came from Da Nang, slept on the tile floor at night, so my colleagues often invited me to go along to see. I came back at night and often went to the technical room to watch the Montage department set up the copy, cut and paste, etc. Thanks to that, I learned more about the stages of newspaper production, which was very useful.

2 When the newspaper moved to 248 Cong Quynh, it was a period when the newspaper was "doing well". Although the premises were still cramped, there was not enough space for hundreds of people to work together, so tables and chairs had to be placed in the hallway. The editorial secretariat sometimes had 2-3 people sitting at one table, but the working atmosphere was always urgent and serious.

I still remember the meetings when the Editor-in-Chief came. Before the meeting, he went to many newsstands to observe and listen to compliments and criticisms. I was also invited to speak once. And I was always honest: "In Da Nang now, every morning when going to a coffee shop, the first newspaper that everyone easily sees in the hands of customers, and the first newspaper that many people choose to read is Thanh Nien . When coming to the office, I often meet retired people coming to visit, holding the newspaper, there are places to praise, places to give comments...". I said that being a journalist is very difficult now, because the level of readers is quite high. That day, my statement was praised for being honest.

When the Editorial Board decided to establish a newspaper office in the Central region, seeing that the agency was still poor, I boldly proposed to use my house on Trung Nu Vuong Street as an office and not charge rent. Only about 30 square ^meters wide, but that office operated until the end of 1996, before being able to buy a house on Bach Dang Street until today. The "temporary" office at my house was a place where many retirees, readers and collaborators from Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai gathered to stay and exchange articles quite busily.

When the office opened, in addition to collaborators, there were also leaders of Da Nang City and Quang Nam Province attending. Mr. Nguyen Dinh An, Nguyen Van Chi, Nguyen Ba Thanh, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, and even retired people such as writers Nguyen Van Xuan, Doan Ba Tu, and Vinh Linh often visited and exchanged information. The atmosphere was always bustling, especially when Thanh Nien Newspaper started printing in Da Nang. Mr. Doan Ba Tu often said at that time: "People in Da Nang and the Central region used to read newspapers the next day, when cars and trains brought newspapers back. Now, at 5am, there are newspapers to read. You have changed people's reading habits, it's really interesting."

3 I went to Saigon to study in 1972 and returned at the end of 1975. A friend asked me to write about the old generation of journalists in Da Nang. It was actually very difficult. I knew many of them, but I had no knowledge of the journalism profession in Da Nang before 1975.

As mentioned, before 1975, even before we brought Thanh Nien newspaper to print in Da Nang, there were not many journalists here, and they were dependent on newspapers in Ho Chi Minh City. The printed newspaper had to be sent by plane or train, and the next day it was available for reading, so the press atmosphere, including readers and writers, were all "eating cold rice". That was sad, even though Da Nang people were passionate about journalism.

Now, after our class, along with technological advancements, the young generation of journalists is really crowded and active in the Central region. Every province and city has its own local newspapers and journalist associations. Thanks to that, the days when we were journalists are now just a memory.

Therefore, the memories I recorded are considered memories of the embryonic period of my career, nothing more, nothing less...

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