Awards presented for the 'Love in War' Writing and Collecting Campaign.

(CLO) On December 16th, the closing ceremony and awards presentation for the "Love in War" writing and memorabilia collection campaign took place in Hanoi.

Scenes from the ceremony Summary and Award Ceremony for the Writing and Collecting Campaign "Love in War".

The event, organized by the "Soldier's Heart" Club in collaboration with the Vietnam Women's Museum and the "Forever 20" Foundation, aims to recount beautiful and touching love stories that helped soldiers overcome difficulties, hardships, and bombs.

At the same time, the event also seeks to find and honor the silent sacrifices of women on the home front, in building love and family happiness, to give strength to those on the front lines to defeat the enemy.

Speaking at the event, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet, Director of the Vietnam Women's Museum, said that this campaign has special significance because each story and each artifact received is not only a testament to the war, bearing personal imprints, but also a vivid piece of the history of life, of love, family happiness, and the role of Vietnamese women throughout different periods.

“ The five-year journey is not just a creative campaign, but a persistent journey of searching for, preserving, honoring, and promoting historical and cultural values, beautiful love stories, and silent sacrifices that helped soldiers overcome bombs and bullets, helped families stand firm, and contributed to the nation's progress towards peace , ” Ms. Tuyet emphasized.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet, Director of the Vietnam Women's Museum, delivered the opening speech at the closing ceremony and awards presentation for the "Love in War" writing and memorabilia collection campaign.

According to the organizers, the campaign was scheduled to run for three years and end in 2023. However, due to the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, to adapt to the reality, the organizers decided to adjust the rules, removing the "storytelling" section and encouraging authors to write and publish books based on real people and events, with content focusing on "Honoring and Showing Gratitude," combined with collecting memorabilia, and extending the campaign until 2025.

To date, after five years of implementation, the "Love in War" writing and memorabilia collection campaign has been a great success. Hundreds of works with profound humanistic meaning have been licensed for publication and publicly distributed. Hundreds of valuable memorabilia have been donated. Many cultural events "Honoring and Expressing Gratitude" have been publicly organized by the "Soldier's Heart" Organization, the Vietnam Women's Museum, and the "Forever 20" Club.

Through this process, the Organizing Committee selected outstanding works to award prizes, including: First Prize awarded to the work "Life Lives On" by Martyr Tran Minh Tien (1945 - 1968). The work consists of two main parts: the battlefield diary "Returning in a Dream" and "Love Letters Through the War".

The authors receiving awards in the "Love in War" Writing and Collecting Contest.

The following works received the joint awards: “War Soldier” - Battlefield Diary by Pham Huu Tham; “Battlefield and Homeland” - Memoir by Phan Van Lai; “Forever a Soldier” - Autobiography by Dang Ngoc Da; “Phuong” - Autobiography by Pham Kieu Phuong; “Southern Campaign, Northern War” - Autobiography by Ha Minh Son; “Runner-up Cinderella” - Autobiography by Le Thy Binh; “Homeland in the Heart of a Soldier” - Collection of Essays by Dang Sy Ngoc.

Sharing at the event, Ms. Vu Thi Luu Lien (former girlfriend of Martyr Tran Minh Tien) said that the book "Life Lives On" is the posthumous work of Martyr Tran Minh Tien, published after his sacrifice. She was very happy and moved to receive the news that the work "Life Lives On" had won First Prize in the five-year-long competition. She believes it is a stroke of luck and a fortunate coincidence, because, besides this work, there are many other works by heroes, martyrs, and veterans that have been published over the years but have not been recognized today.

According to Colonel and writer Dang Vuong Hung, founder and chairman of the "Heart of Vietnamese Soldiers" organization and head of the competition's organizing committee, with the spirit of "Connecting and Sharing - Honoring and Showing Gratitude," the organizing committee is presenting color portraits restored from black and white photographs. These are images of young men and women in their late teens and early twenties when they first enlisted; now, they are grandparents, but their memories of those youthful years dedicated to the Fatherland remain vivid.

Within the framework of the event, the organizers are launching for the first time a collection of portraits of "Private Soldiers in Wartime" - very young, very ordinary faces, who passed away at the young age of eighteen or twenty, fulfilling their responsibilities as soldiers to the Fatherland. These portraits are presented not only to remember, but also to cherish and honor, so that no one is forgotten and no one is left behind.

Some portraits from the "Private Soldiers in Wartime" collection were showcased at the event.

The "Love in War" writing and memorabilia collection campaign is one of the events that widely spreads humanistic, historical, and cultural values. The writings, mementos, and faces of soldiers from the past, recreated today, contribute to reviving heroic memories. Through this, it reminds present and future generations to cherish peace, be grateful for the sacrifices of their ancestors, and preserve the enduring values ​​of love, loyalty, and responsibility to serve the Fatherland.

Source: https://congluan.vn/trao-thuong-cuoc-van-dong-viet-va-suu-tam-ky-vat-tinh-yeu-trong-chien-tranh-10322783.html