"Under The Siren Flower Branch" Unveils The Colorful Life of Viet Community in Russia

Dr. Nguyen Dinh Lam recently launched the short stories collection "Under The Siren Flower Branch" in the Hanoi Library (Photo: TĐ).

Living in Russia for more than 20 years, Nguyen Dinh Lam tells stories about Vietnamese people in Russia, from students to workers or businessmen, in his latest literary work.

Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, President of the Vietnam Writers Association,spoke at the ceremony (Photo: TĐ).

At the launching ceremony of "Under The Siren Flower Branch", poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, praised the writer's vividly realistic writing. He said that each character and their stories seems familiar but also strange, provoking many thoughts and feelings for readers.

The book shows that the Vietnamese community in Russia, although big and diverse, their stories cover many meaningful messages about humanity for all of us to see ourselves in them.

“I have relatives who lived, worked and labored in Russia, so when I read "Under The Siren Flower Branch", I felt like I saw them in uncertainty, in despair, in the cold, surrounded by white snow and homesickness that I never knew before," said Nguyen Quang Thieu.

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Sharing his impression, literary researcher Bui Viet Thang claimed that, since he spent nearly 1,000 days living in Russia, during the years 1987 - 1990, each sentence in the book brings nostalgic feelings.

Journalist Le Xuan Son, a fellow Viet expat with Lam said that the book, no matter how tragic, bittersweet, or heartbreaking, he can still see the trait of love between people in a foreign land.

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