W.Minh Tuan
In the People’s Army newspaper, there is journalist Tran Dinh Ba, a colonel, very famous for his series of investigative reports on corruption cases in Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, journalist Tran Dinh Ba was also a war correspondent like journalist Thai Duy at Dai Doan Ket newspaper.
During the war, journalist Tran Dinh Bao wrote famous war reports such as reports on the special commando unit Rung Sac,,, Continue reading “Journalist Tran Dinh Ba of People Military newspaper”
(Based on Dau tu newspaper)
In the images of US President Obama’s trip to Vietnam in May 2016, it is easy to recognize a Vietnamese man with a stoop head, bold figure, always appearing very close to the US President. That’s Mr. Anh Pham, from Bac Ninh, President Obama’s interpreter.
Anh Pham has a deep, slow voice with the same way of choosing words and conveying the emotions that Mr. Pham put in when translating the speech “moving Vietnamese hearts” given by the US President at the Convention Center, made a strong impression. Continue reading “Interpreter for President Obama in Vietnam – Anh Pham, a native of Bac Ninh”
W.Minh Tuan
In 1989, a group of farmers from Thanh Hoa came to Dai Doan Ket newspaper and presented the incident in Tho Ngoc commune, Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province. At this time, Thanh Hoa province has just finished solving the case of Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Ha Trong Hoa, and the person assigned to replace him is Mr. Le Huy Ngo, former Secretary of the Phu Tho Provincial Party Committee. Continue reading “Secretary Le Huy Ngo of Thanh Hoa province and the rescue of 5 prisoners in Tho Ngoc commune, Thanh Hoa”
W.Minh Tuan
I knew General Pham Xuan Quac when he was a captain, Head of the Economic Police Department, Hai Hung Province Police, now Hai Duong Province. It was 1987, when I went to Hai Hung to do an investigative reporting on the case of Dong Tien commune, Chau Giang district (now this commune and district belongs to Hung Yen province). In Dong Tien, the head Party works as a landlord in the past, he can seize the land, and assets of some farmers he dislikes, and who oppose him will be suppressed unmercifully. Continue reading “Commemorating General Pham Xuan Quac, the former head of the criminal police department C14”
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During the National Assembly session in early 1997, one evening, Xuan Ba, a reporter from Tien Phong newspaper, invited me to a person’s house on Ly Nam De street, Hanoi. I asked whose house, he didn’t say, just smiled and said “go, go”. I know that Xuan Ba usually doesn’t talk much about important things, so I also kept quiet and drove him away by my motorbike. Continue reading “Small memory of Comrade General Secretary Le Kha Phieu”
