Within the scope of this short article, I would like to address only a small category, namely some essays and poems published in the Hung Yen Weekend Newspaper.
I'm familiar with and have read most of the writers featured in these articles. But strangely, reading in mainstream newspapers, I find them to have a certain seriousness and maturity. Perhaps it's my habit of being meticulous in my writing and even in my reading that makes me feel this way.
As a teacher who has long since left the classroom, Nguyen Thi Huong is filled with pride as her now-successful students return to visit her. This well-deserved pride blossoms into poetry, expressed in the characteristic language of a vibrant summer:
The sun plays playfully in the canopy of trees.
The flame tree blossoms set the sky ablaze with red.
Cicadas chirp in the month of May.
Welcome back to your old school!
(May)
Nguyen Van Song, also a teacher who is still standing on the podium, once brought up the question while taking his students to visit the Tong Tran Temple:
Real name, real surname in life
Or perhaps it's an old legend that has become a saying of the past?
I'm not entirely sure now, but from my age onwards, not only people in Hung Yen but also in many other places knew about the epic poem "Tong Tran Cuc Hoa." Yet, this was the first time I heard the author, Nguyen Van Song, pose such a question. He asked the question, but instead of answering directly, Nguyen Van Song pointed out an event in the story that not only sparked but also enriched the imaginative abilities of each student.
How many lifetimes of poverty?
Showing utmost filial piety and care for one's parents.
It's only now that we've started to tell stories about our homeland.
Childhood memories of leading my blind mother to beg.
(Taking students to visit Tong Tran Temple)
From this experience, I've come to realize that whether it's a real person or a character in a story, virtue, filial piety, and loyalty are what truly deserve to be celebrated.
In the same issue of June 7, 2025, author Hai Trieu with "The Season of Abundant Rice Grains" and author Tran Van Loi with "Remembering the Time of Harvesting and Labor Exchange" both take us back to the memories of a time when grains of rice were valued as a measure of each family's wealth.
In the "Family and Society" section of the May 31, 2025 issue, I paid particular attention to the article "When Children Grow Up, Parents Suddenly Feel… Lonely" by Huong Giang. The author did not shy away from a current phenomenon of moral decline. The article serves as a wake-up call for those who only know how to strive and get rich without understanding the loneliness of elderly parents who only long for warm moments with their children and grandchildren.
"Everyone has a valid reason for their busy lives. But is it worth sacrificing time with our parents, who have dedicated their entire lives to us? Just because…!"
I paused for quite a while, trying to figure out what the author intended to say behind the phrase "just because...", but found it unnecessary because the author had subtly concealed it. What was left unsaid was already quite clear to me.
This shows that literature doesn't praise, educate , or criticize directly, but when we read, absorb, and understand it, it has a powerful and lasting anchor in our hearts.
I don't intend to analyze each essay or poem individually; I only wish to present a few examples to show how diligent and serious the editorial board, and the members of the newspaper in general, must be to produce higher-quality essays and poems, so that these works can reach readers, of whom I am one of hundreds or thousands.
Hopefully, the newspaper will continue to publish more diverse and meaningful articles in the future.
Source: https://baohungyen.vn/suc-hap-dan-tu-nhung-trang-bao-hung-yen-3181890.html
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