Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen The Ky – From 2006 to 2016, he was assigned three times by the leadership of the Central Committee for Ideology and Culture, then the Central Propaganda Department, and with his associates to lead, manage and operate the Press Center. of three consecutive Party congresses. Could you tell us about your feelings when you look back on this special “hattrick” of this career? Mr. Nguyen The Ky: The X Party Congress took place from April 18-25, 2006 at Ba Dinh Hall. At that time, I was the Director of the Press Department of the Board assigned by my superiors to be the Deputy Director of the Press Center of the X Congress. The Press Center had a few deputy directors, but my job seemed “heavy”, often , even more difficult. At the 11th Party Congress, I was appointed as Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, was assigned by the Head of the Committee to be in charge of press, publishing, culture and arts work, so I was assigned the role of Director by my superiors. Director of the Press Center of two consecutive congresses, the 11th and 12th congresses. If all three congresses are counted, it is an honor, pride, and great responsibility with many unforgettable memories. Looking back at the press center’s activities in all three congresses, there are many similarities and also many differences, including difficulties and challenges. The same thing is that the Press Center of the national Party congresses is a unit set up in a certain period of time to both lead and direct press activities, direct information content, and administer the media. activities of hundreds of reporters, technicians, press staff, domestic and foreign media; on the other hand, and equally important, is to serve press agencies and journalists in terms of operations, machinery, equipment, transmission lines, food, beverage, health, security, information security… The activities of the Press Center of the National Party Congress in different terms are very urgent and bustling. Reporters must have new news, “hot” news, important news, including “on the sidelines of the Congress”. Therefore, they are tasked by the leadership of their press agency to compete with other colleagues for information in every minute, every hour… The leadership of the Congress Press Center must be very dedicated, dynamic and competent, especially to be very proactive and creative in order to successfully complete their tasks. The members of the Center have to be there almost 24 hours a day, always arriving early and leaving late. All officers and employees of the Press Center and reporters, editors and technical staff entering and leaving this place are subject to strict security control. – What about things that are not the same? The differences are: the X Party Congress is held at Ba Dinh Hall, the Press Center of the X Congress is located at 19C Hoang Dieu, a far enough distance from Ba Dinh Hall, which creates difficulties. certain when arranging groups of reporters from the Press Center into Ba Dinh Hall to work. In addition to the shared Press Pass, those entering the Congress Hall must have an Event Pass, there are about 4 different types of Event Passes. Go to the 11th and 12th Party Congress, where the Congress is held is the My Dinh National Convention Center. Accordingly, the Press Centers of both these congresses (and the ongoing XIII Congress) are located on the entire 3rd floor, to the right of the My Dinh National Convention Center (viewed from the front hall). The travel and work of reporters and technicians is much more convenient. At the 11th and 12th National Congresses, the number of domestic and foreign reporters increased sharply, approximately 700 people/each congress; The number of reporters from newspapers, radio stations, and television channels of overseas Vietnamese people was also more numerous. The Press Center of the XI and XII Congresses is arranged with an area of ​​more than 1,000 m2, 170 fixed computers, many large screens, and reporters are allowed to bring laptops. Along with the Press Release of each working day of the Congress, the Press Center also organizes important and necessary thematic press conferences. – You can mention some unforgettable memories, events or situations. Over 15 years, three congresses, there are indeed many memories, events and lessons. There are comrades and leaders of mine who are quite afraid to let our officials give interviews to foreign press. I have boldly suggested: in journalism activities, the interview is a very necessary genre, showing “real people, real things, real contexts”, please just let “our brothers” be at their own discretion. improvisation. All are based on the rules and regulations of the Press Center, higher than the regulations of the Party Congress. If we do this well, the foreign press will have more sympathy for us, see more clearly our “press freedom”, higher than the initiative and confidence of the host country’s press. Another story, before the XI Congress took place, right at the Congress’s Press Center, there were several foreign radio and television companies that proposed to operate and broadcast live on the streets of Hanoi. This is unprecedented (i.e. recording, videotaping and live streaming back to their home country and to the world). I seek opinions and policies of competent people and authorities. The answer is not, because if they lack goodwill, even they misrepresent, smear us, the consequences are unpredictable. Again, I boldly and confidently replied: Live broadcasting and broadcasting activities of newspapers, news agencies, radio and television companies in the world are a popular, modern and professional form for many decades. now on. Journalism always needs freshness, vividness, accuracy and the “real” and “objective” nature of life. For us, it’s not very common (and not very professional), but for many countries, this is the normal way of working. In order to do this, to ensure the requirements of information content, information security and safety, and working conditions, the Press Center will send a number of staff who are fluent in foreign languages ​​to accompany them. “coordinate” activities. If they violate, we speak up and ask them to comply with our regulations, our Press Law. Glad that everything went smoothly. By the 12th National Congress of the Party, this work has become much more “acquainted with the job”. – Last question, can you tell me some lessons you have learned after three times leading the Press Center of the X, XI, and XII Congresses of the Party? I have not had the opportunity to summarize in a systematic, thorough and systematic way. But something like this: The first thing is to strictly comply with the responsibility of the leadership, direction, and direction of the superiors. Secondly, I also need to be proactive, creative, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility. Third, my luck is growing up as a reporter, going through all types of newspapers and press agencies: speaking, video, print, electronic, going from local to central. From professional work to leadership position, thanks to that, I understand the wishes, requirements, difficulties and struggles of journalists like my own. Also, thanks to going out a lot, contacting, researching, working, and cooperating with many press agencies, news agencies, radio and television companies, we should understand them well, both in terms of cooperation, collaboration, and the need for exchange. change, necessary, the fight is reasonable. The fifth, which is also very important, due to experience in leadership and press management positions; research, teaching and training in journalism; At the same time, I am a hard-working person who tries to write articles and articles continuously for decades, thanks to that, I have a very good, friendly, close and close relationship with leaders of press agencies and many reporters. journalism and other fields. When needing to coordinate work, just pick up the phone “alo” to work smoothly, consensus and effectively.

Those are a few outlines of Pham Duy Nghia to explain the surprises that can happen when the author has just released the collection of poems Cho Eternity Autumn (Literature Publishing House, 2021). In fact, for a writer, it is normal to try and affirm his talent in many genres. It is not uncommon for writers to write novels, short stories, autographs, essays, essays, poems, and engage in literary criticism. So is Pham Duy Nghia. Although, in the preface to the collection of poems, the author foretells that these are only poems of youth (composed in 2000), are “gentle memories” that keep “my soul pure and clear”. time”, but with 30 poems, Cho eternal autumn has revealed a portrait of a poet. Feelings of chaos, confusion, and problems in modern poetry can be partly relieved when we read Pham Duy Nghia’s Cho Eternity Autumn. Poetry brings familiarity and closeness. From Little Red Riding Hood to the Snow Queen, from Danko to Giamilia, from the young maple to the old oak, from the birch forest to the lilac, from the hills and steppe to the vast white snow, from the golden autumn to the crimson sail, from the bunch of green grapes to the swans, from the yellow bush to the fairy castle… we recognize the source of Pham Duy Nghia’s poetic soul. These are Paustovsky, L. Tolstoy, Aitmatov; the other is A.Grin, Grim, HCAndersen; In the distance, a vast yellow color is Levitan, a pride like a flame in M.Gorky’s Danko heart… It can be said that Pham Duy Nghia’s eternal autumn has been revived and born in “” from the school of Soviet culture and literature” and European classics for a while: “For a hundred years, there is still sadness in the afternoon / poplar forest leaves apricots yellower than the sun / the wind lulls me to sleep / golden autumn , golden autumn… (Before Levitan); so innocent of dream forests / Grim green hills” (Fairyland)… Pham Duy Nghia’s poetry is beautiful and clear. The lyrical feeling evoked from the cultural source rich in ideals forms a shiny art world like “sunshine in the trees”. Pham Duy Nghia’s youth may have been earnestly caught up with the desire to live and become noble souls. Beautiful and clear, that is, not clouded by the trivial, narrow, calculated; Not too entangled in pain or brokenness. Is living, loving and passionate, pursuing and dedicating to the cause of life a model of the people of the era that used to be the “dream about” of many generations of Vietnamese teenagers, students, and students?: ” I want to kiss the blue flames/ in the poet’s eyes silently dark/ collect the fallen gold dust to search for agarwood/…/ One day the torch burns out of oil/ they die/ under the yellow leaves and snow/ arrogant laugh/listen to a thousand-year storm” (Torch). The clear and beautiful world of Pham Duy Nghia’s poetry is displayed through color. Color reflects the object of attention (outside) while at the same time revealing the aesthetic vibes (inside) of the poet. For the eternal autumn, the highlight is green and yellow. That shows the haunting charms of the ideal that once existed in the poet’s soul. Blue moonlight, blue sea, blue lake, blue sky, green valley, green hill, blue stream, blue sunset, green garden, green grass, green sprout, green nuggets, blue soul, blue love age, green lover’s eyes, green flower floor, green song, blue rose and wild… dyed a green and clear and intoxicating space. That blue color brings the soul of youth: “Over here / blue sunset / I crave a sad feature of the North; sink deep, my eyes are loving / the sea is bright with the thirst of the world” (Memories of the moon hill) ; “I go to the far distance wind/ blue sky May ecstasy” (Sea sound)… Harmony in the ideal space For eternal autumn is golden light. Golden autumn, golden moon, yellow flowers, yellow sunshine, yellow leaves, yellow carpet, yellow scarf, gold dust, gold beads, golden strokes, blonde hair… aroused in poetic inspiration, dreamy and splendid. Yellow color brightens the space, sifting on the green background sparkling with magical powder: “Autumn is light / coming to the doorstep, crouching / in the garden I walk softly / afraid to step on the yellow autumn” (Four seasons) ; “The poplar forest without leaves is more yellow than the sun” (Before Levitan); “One early morning/wasting under the sky/ canola flowers bloom/ canola flowers interrupt/slight seeds of sunshine are sad seeds/drops of gold on the winter picture” (The Sorrow of Canola flowers); “Saigon at noon/ Shattered corpses of yellow flowers” (Memory train); “Is it the season over there / the sky is blue on this side / the birch is soft with white breasts / autumn is ripe with thousands of trees” (The sound of the sea)… The particular attention, preference or impression of color (blue-yellow-white) really reveals the poet’s “mental structure”. A pure, young, passionate, dreamy soul with idealistic desire has been expressed by the spectrum of colors in the poem painting For Eternal Autumn. This, if we look broadly at the short story – the genre that is considered the mainstay of Pham Duy Nghia’s work, we have more evidence to convince ourselves. Thus, stories or poems are just different manifestations of an artist’s heart who has loved and cherished the fresh green color full of vitality, the shimmering yellow color and the pure white color. Life will change, people will change and art will change, but with what we have entrusted to the eternal autumn, we recognize the face of May, of memory, of passions. raise people.