Presenting the book "That place is the battlefield" by author Pham Quang Nghi

NDO - On April 22, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), at the Ho Chi Minh Museum, Hanoi, the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund coordinated with Dr. Pham Quang Nghi, former member of the Politburo, former Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee - author of the book "That's the battlefield", to organize a book donation ceremony for organizations and units.

Báo Nhân dân•22/04/2025

The book “That place is the battlefield” is the diary and notes of author Pham Quang Nghi during his years in B. The book was published by the Writers Association Publishing House in 2019 and was reprinted in 2025.

The book is structured by the author with 8 main parts: Crossing Truong Son; Staying in "R"; Returning to the East; Rhythm of life in the plains; People in the suburbs; Tay Ninh in those days; Meeting Saigon; The day of return .

In addition, there are speeches before the departure to B, conclusions, and some comments and feelings of writers and journalists. The last part of the book is a number of pictures and documents about the days of author Pham Quang Nghi on the battlefield.

Book display corner "That place is the battlefield" at the book donation ceremony.

Not only the author's private memories, "That place is the battlefield" also encapsulates the common memories of a generation that experienced the fierce and painful years of war.

Writing a few more lines for the book's reprint, author Pham Quang Nghi said that when writing the preface for the book's reprint, he always felt very lucky to still be able to keep the diary pages of a fierce wartime.

To him, those were the notes of a man who at that time had moments when he did not believe he could live to see the day the country was peacefully unified.

Author Pham Quang Nghi spoke.

“The diary pages were written quite regularly every day in somewhat unusual moments. There were pages written along the march. There were pages written during the days when the guns were silent. But there were many, many pages written amid the bright bullets flying over the roof of the tunnel at night or while the malaria was tormenting me. And there were even a few pages that I opened now to see if there was blood on them...”, author Pham Quang Nghi shared.

Through the realistic and vivid diary entries, each reader can feel more deeply the meaning of the struggle to liberate the country as well as the sacred value of peace.

Presenting the book "That place is the battlefield" to the units.

As Mr. To Van Dong, Director of the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund, shared: The book “That place is the battlefield” is a cultural mark, a vivid memory of the author, and also a common memory of an entire generation that experienced the fierce days of war. The pages contain not only memories, but also valuable lessons about patriotism, sacrifice, and the spirit of overcoming difficulties, so that today’s generation can understand and appreciate more the values that their ancestors left behind.

At the event, the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Conservation Support Fund coordinated with author Pham Quang Nghi to present this special book to the Vietnam Veterans Association; the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Department of Grassroots Culture, Family and Library (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism).

Each organization and unit was awarded 500 books to promote and widely disseminate to interested readers, helping today's young generation know and deeply feel the heroic and tragic youth of their fathers and grandfathers.

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