200 copies of a poetry collection presented to navy soldiers

PANO - 200 copies of a poetry collection entitled “Hundred-Year Tree of Life” were presented by teachers and poet Giang Ngoc Diep, who uses the pen-name Van Ngoc, to Naval Vietnamese soldiers, through the People’s Army Newspaper, on November 28th, in Hanoi...

PANO - 200 copies of a poetry collection entitled “Hundred-Year Tree of Life” were presented by teachers and poet Giang Ngoc Diep, who uses the pen-name Van Ngoc, to Naval Vietnamese soldiers, through the People’s Army Newspaper, on November 28^th, in Hanoi.

Born in 1938 in Thai Binh Province, poet Giang Ngoc Diep inherited and continues to promote a tradition of teaching past down from five generations of his family. With a hope that all children might receive an education, he has given numerous lectures throughout Vietnam, from mountainous areas to low-lands, and from rural to urban regions for over 40 years.

His “Hundred-Year Tree of Life” poetry collection includes 66 poems, all of which feature the sincerity and emotion of a devoted teacher for the noble cause of teaching local people.

200 copies were handed over to Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Dinh Xuan Bay, Deputy Director of the Public Relations Office under the Navy’s Political Department.