Czech Writer Honoured With Vietnamese National Information Service Award
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Embassy held a ceremony on August 17 to present the award to the Czech writer. Photo: VNA Karel Sys, President of the Czech Writers’ Association, has received a consolation prize at the 7th National External Information Service Awards for his contributions to promoting Vietnamese culture in the Czech Republic as well as cultural exchange between the two countries. Sys and Vietnamese writer and translator Do Ngoc Viet Dung (Do.honza) are co-authors of a 762-page bilingual poetry anthology, VOV said. The bilingual book features more than 260 poems by both famous Czech and Vietnamese writers such as To Huu, Xuan Dieu and Jaroslav Seifert. It was published by the Vietnam Writers Association Publishing House. The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Embassy held a ceremony on August 17 to present the award to the Czech writer. In his remarks, Vietnamese Ambassador Thai Xuan Dung appreciated Sys’s contributions to popularising Vietnames