Farewell to Journalist Thai Duy

Journalist Thai Duy, also known by the pen name Tran Dinh Van when he wrote the book Living like Him. His real name is Tran Duy Tan, hometown Hoai Duc ( Hanoi ), he was born in 1926 in Bac Giang.

In addition to "Living like him", he also published a number of other books such as: "The prisoner of the big prison", "Hai Phong hero", "Innovation in Vietnam - remembering and contemplating", "Illegal contracting or death"...

In 2020, among the 7 outstanding veteran journalists honored at the Conference "Meeting and honoring outstanding journalists" for their great contributions, dedication and affection, and many contributions to the Vietnamese revolutionary press.

He worked for the Cuu Quoc newspaper (the propaganda agency of the Viet Minh General Headquarters) from 1949. Later, he became a war correspondent, participating in reporting and writing articles about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign. He was one of the first reporters present at De Castries Bunker at the historic moment of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

In 1960, journalist Thai Duy, along with Editor-in-Chief Tran Phong and journalist Tong Duc Thang of the Cuu Quoc newspaper, crossed Truong Son to the South to found the Giai Phong newspaper - the mouthpiece of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.

After 1975, he continued to work for Dai Doan Ket newspaper (merging Cuu Quoc and Giai Phong newspapers into Dai Doan Ket newspaper) until his retirement.

He wrote the work Living like Him in 1965 about Hero Nguyen Van Troi. The manuscript was written by him right on the battlefield in the South. A Soviet reporter (formerly) brought it to the North, via air from Phnom Penh, to Uncle Ho, who praised it and ordered it to be printed into a book. From the original name "Last Encounters", Prime Minister Pham Van Dong changed the name to "Living like Him", published in installments in newspapers and first published in the Literature Publishing House in July 1965, with 302 thousand copies. It was then reprinted continuously, reaching millions of copies.

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