Comic book about War in Vietnam released

The Kim Dong Publishing House, in collaboration with French Institute in Vietnam, held an exchange on March 12 in Hanoi to launch a graphic novel, titled “Song” (Live), by Vietnamese-French author Tran Hai Anh and French artist Pauline Guitton.

“Song” is written based on the real story of author Hai Anh and her mother, Director Viet Linh, who was born in 1952 in Ho Chi Minh City.

At the exchange

At the age of 16, Viet Linh courageously joined the resistance war against U.S. imperialists for national liberation and learnt film-making in Russia. She was director of such films as “Ganh xiec rong” (Mobile circus troupe), “Chung cu” (Apartment building) and “Me Thao, thoi vang bong” (Me Thao, glorious time). At present, she is still working and running Hong Hac Stage in Ho Chi Minh City.

At the exchange, readers heard author Hai Anh’s sharing and stories of Director Viet Linh about her youth in war zone.

Translated by Tran Hoai

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