Valuable documents in the first foreign book about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

VOV.VN - The book "Stories about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong" by Korean writer Cho Chul Hyeon not only depicts the image of a leader who is devoted to the country and the people, but also provides little-known information about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's childhood and student days.

Cover of the book Stories about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: News Publishing House)

Korean writer Cho Chul Hyeon is the first foreign author to write a book about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. The book, titled "The Story of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong", caused a stir when it was released in Korea in April, then translated into Vietnamese and released in Vietnam on October 23. The 344-page book includes the following parts: Introduction: Schooling period; Chapter I: Maturity period; Chapter Two: Criticism period; Chapter III: People's period; Chapter IV: Adaptation period; Epilogue: Sketching the picture of a "Cultural Powerhouse".

Provide little known information

Writer Cho Chul Hyeon began to develop an interest in General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong when he learned that he came from a literature major. Because, few national leaders in the world come from this major.

The Korean author spent 10 years researching documents and nearly 2 years to complete the book about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. During the process of searching for documents, writer Cho Chul Hyeon realized that there was not much information about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from elementary school to high school and even during his university years. Information about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong mainly started from the period when he held the position of Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee (in 2000).

The childhood of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. (Photo: Document)

Writer Cho Chul Hyeon went to many places and interviewed many people who were close to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his childhood. Through that, the author portrayed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong from his school days, writing a thesis on To Huu's poetry, becoming an excellent writer and then Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine until holding high positions in the Party and State. The work not only provides little-known information about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's youth and study years, but the author also wants to convey an example of training and advancement to the younger generation. "When writing, I wanted to publish it so that the younger generation, not only ours but also Vietnam, could better understand the country's outstanding leader, especially his childhood," writer Cho Chul Hyeon shared with the media in May, after the work was released in Korea and was highly appreciated.

The country's development revolves around the portrait of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

Throughout the work, writer Cho Chul Hyeon has changed his writing style many times to vividly depict the life of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in different periods. Revolving around the story of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the author also skillfully leads readers to a series of information about the struggle for national reunification and the nation-building process of Vietnam, the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh and many high-ranking leaders of the Party and State... besides the development process of Vietnam - Korea relations. Through the stories in the work, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong appears with a realistic, simple image, close to the masses and devoted to the country and the people. Besides that are the marks and sophistication of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in diplomatic work.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong leaves a deep impression on the people and international friends.

At the same time, writer Cho Chul Hyeon portrayed the great determination of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Especially the detail that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was fighting against gastric bleeding while working hard as Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine. "Those who have never worked with him will not know his strong determination", as journalist Nhi Le recalled in the work. According to the timeline, writer Cho Chul Hyeon not only tells the story of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the time he took on a certain position, but also points out the development from the foundation he left at his old workplace. A typical example is that the capital Hanoi is transforming strongly from the foundations that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong built when he was Secretary of the City Party Committee. The author also subtly portrays a leader with a literary background by recalling verses that appeared at turning points in the life of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: He wrote a thesis on To Huu's poetry, quoted two verses from the Tale of Kieu when he became Chairman of the National Assembly, quoted Nguyen Duy's poetry when talking about the bamboo diplomacy, read Nguyen Binh's poetry and To Huu's poetry in his speech at the National Cultural Conference...

The greatest impressions of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

In the introduction to the work, writer Cho Chul Hyeon revealed that, when writing, he met with Vietnamese Ambassador to Korea (2020-2023) Nguyen Duy Tung to ask for advice and expressed his desire to interview General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. However, Ambassador Nguyen Duy Tung shared with writer Cho Chul Hyeon that: "The General Secretary is an extremely modest person, so it is unlikely that he will accept an interview related to publishing a book about himself."

Writer Cho Chul Hyeon. (Photo: AJU News)

As predicted by Ambassador Nguyen Duy Tung, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong refused the Korean writer's request for an interview. This, along with the process of researching documents, led writer Cho Chul Hyeon to the affirmation when introducing the work: "Finally, I can confirm with certainty that the General Secretary is a scholar". He is a humble scholar, devoted to the country and the people, humane, honest and upright, imbued with Ho Chi Minh's moral ideology. When introducing the work to the media, writer Cho Chul Hyeon used 3 words to describe the impression of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: "Bac Ha scholar", "Loading campaign" and "Bamboo diplomacy". These are also the names of the last 3 parts in "Chapter IV: The period of adaptation", before the work ends with a coda about the contributions and vision of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on building Vietnam into a cultural power.

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