Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh, advisor of the program 'King of Vietnamese Language', suddenly passed away.

According to a source from the family of Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh, he suddenly passed away at around 5am this morning (May 10) at his home in Hanoi. The cause is believed to be related to cardiovascular disease.

The news of Associate Professor Pham Van Tinh’s death shocked many people in the field of language and literature research as well as colleagues and students. Just a day before, he was still updating his status on social networks, replying to comments from friends.

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh has made great contributions to Vietnamese language research.

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh was born in 1954 in Nam Dinh. He is the author of a series of publications on language such as: Opacity and ellipsis in Vietnamese (Social Sciences Publishing House, 2002), A Day's Journey (Labor Publishing House, 2003), Vietnamese: From Words to Meanings (Encyclopedia Publishing House, 2004), Vietnamese from Life (Tre Publishing House, 2004), Beauty: How to Eat, How to Speak (Tre Publishing House, 2005), Discussing Words and Meanings (Culture and Information Publishing House, 2007), Loving Vietnamese (4 books, Kim Dong Publishing House, 2008), Vietnamese: Journey Through Crosswords (Tri Thuc Publishing House, 2009), Interpretation of Folk Songs, Idioms, and Proverbs (Kim Dong Publishing House, 2013)...

Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Tinh. (Photo courtesy)

Although devoted to the Vietnamese language, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh is also famous for his modern thinking. He is an advocate for changing the language with the times and listening to the creativity of young people.

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh used to hold the position of General Secretary of the Vietnam Linguistics Association, advisor for the program King of Vietnamese Language with poet Huu Viet on VTV.

He is also an expert very close to the press, always enthusiastically giving his opinion on Vietnamese language news stories in the press in general and Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in particular. He is famous for being very enthusiastic in providing professional support to young people in many related fields, from language, literature to journalism.

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Van Tinh served as Secretary General of the Vietnam Linguistics Association for many years before resigning in 2022.

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