In the afternoon May 10 the closing ceremony of the composing camp held by the Military Literature Magazine and No.15 battalion took place at Binh Duong hotel (Quynhon city). After ending the camp, the organization board initially gathered over 60 works, including 14 short stories, 16 notes, 8 works on life portrait, 1 work on dialogue, and 22 poems. Most works are new, brimful of vitality and ranged over various topics, such as: far-off Moray (Huynh Thach Thao (Phu Yen province)), report from Duc Co (Le Hoai Luong (Binh Dinh)), from having husband and without husband to midwife’s hands (Duong Huong (Military Literature Magazine)), etc. Short stories are also rich in forms of writing and topics, truthfully reflecting the soldiers’ portrait from the economic perspective; for example, Van Cong Hung (Gia Lai) with Hat tiep khuc quan hanh (continue singing the military march song), the forest without bird (Nguyen Hiep (Binh Thuan)). Alongside this, there are interesting and moved poems like Loi hen bang lang tim (break an appointment with bang lang violet flowers) (Vuong Trong (Military Literature Magazine)), etc.

• Reported by Hoai Thu
• Translated by Hong Quang