Introducing the book "The art of propaganda in the political literature of Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh"

The book was published by Social Sciences Publishing House in August 2023, on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

To carry out this monograph of nearly 300 pages, Dr. Pham Thi Nhu Thuy surveyed a large amount of documents, not only on the basis of the book series "Ho Chi Minh Complete Works" (published by the National Political Publishing House - Truth in 15 volumes), but also surveyed documents at many central and local archives. With such a large scope of documents, this monograph covers many issues, creating a panoramic portrait of President Ho Chi Minh's political writing.

The book is divided into four main chapters, from general to specific contents in the examination of President Ho Chi Minh's political writing. Specifically, chapter 1 "General issues" introduces the theory of political writing; chapter 2: "Positioning the legacy of Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh's political writing in the national political writing stream" examines the political writing stream from the Middle Ages, to the 19th century, in the early 20th century, and at the same time affirms the position and role of President Ho Chi Minh as a political writing author. In chapter 3, "Awareness of the recipient and writing purpose of Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh's political writing", the author mentions the subjects that President Ho Chi Minh aimed at when writing political writing, the publicity of the writing purpose and the revolutionary spirit, the humanistic value of President Ho Chi Minh's political writing. In chapter 4, "The art of propaganda in Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh's political literature, viewed from the perspective of writing style", clearly states the concept of using language, as well as the issue of integrating genres and the system of artistic measures in President Ho Chi Minh's political literature.

Right at the beginning of the monograph, author Pham Thi Nhu Thuy has painstakingly researched, explained, and interpreted the concept of political literature through reliable books. In the book, the author has also summarized the history of the research on President Ho Chi Minh's political literature in Vietnam and around the world. Through that, readers can see that many famous researchers in the world and in Vietnam have paid attention to researching many issues surrounding President Ho Chi Minh's political literature.

Sharing about the book, some experts said that author Pham Thi Nhu Thuy has tried to continue to affirm an effective research direction for Ho Chi Minh's political literary heritage with her monograph and has achieved initial successes. With elaborate research, the author has highlighted the portrait of President Ho Chi Minh's political literature in both content and art, through a monograph with scientific nature, valuable contributions and suggestions to the study of political literature in particular and the literary career of President Ho Chi Minh in general.

According to Dr. Bui Thi Ngoc Trang, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Officials, the monograph "The art of propaganda in the political literature of Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh" by author Pham Thi Nhu Thuy helps us to study and learn from President Ho Chi Minh about his thinking style, expression style and behavior style in all fields. This is a useful and practical reference document for those who study and love Ho Chi Minh's literary career, as well as those who work in management and propaganda in all areas of our society today.