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Phan Hoang

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Phan Hoang: was born on October 10th, 1967 in Phu Yen, a central coastal province of Vietnam. He is a journalist, a poet.and a teacher of creative writing.Formerly Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Writers’ Association, Chairman of Poetry Council (2015-2020). Currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, Editor in chief of Vanvn.vn—The voice of Vietnam Writers’ Association. He has published 15 books, including 4 volumes of poetry and epics; recipient of many literary and Press awards.

Tran Tu Ha

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Tran Tu Ha: is a Member of Vietnam Writers’ Association and has published Sidestep Love Poetry (2006), Section (2007), Self-rotating Earth (2019), Platinum fragments (2020) with Publishing house­—Vietnam Writers’ Association and Posture (2018) with Nghe An Publishing house. She co-published Echo and Selected Love Poetry with Publishing house—Vietnam Writers’ Association and also published Poetry and Friend. She was awarded Prize C by the National Committee of Vietnam Art Associations for the poems Self-rotating Earth in 2010, 2 Literary awards of Ho Xuan Huong in 2005-2015 and Certificate of Merit by the Vietnam Writers’ Association in the contest on the subject of war martyrs 2017.

Tran Hung

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Tran Hung’s: birth name is Tran Xuan Hung was born on December 4th 1957 in Nga Quan, Tran Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam. Now living in Cao Bang city, Cao Bang Province. Tran Hung started writing in 1981, and is a member of Vietnam Writers’ Association. He has won a number of Vietnamese and international awards, including the 2015 Vietnam Writers’ Association Award and the 2017 Southeast Asian Writers Award for his collection of poems Night Garden, and the 2022 Vietnam Literature and Art Awards for outstanding literary work.

Tran Dang Khoa

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Tran Dang Khoa: born April 26, 1958 in Dien Tri village, Quoc Tuan commune, Nam Sach District, Hai Duong. Currently the Vice-President of Vietnam Writers’ Association, the Editor-in-Chief of Nhà Văn & Cuoc Song Magazine, and the Vice-President of the Ha Noi Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations