Metro Writers was responsible for creating the international edition of Letters in Love and War, and we feel greatly honoured to have had the opportunity to bring this important book to the attention of English language speakers around the world. The authors of this book are quite well known in Vietnamese literary society; Vu Tu Nam in particular is a household name, as his work for children has been studied as part of the national school curriculum for many years now. This b

It was an intimate event in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district last weekend where celebrated writers Vu Tu Nam and Thanh Huong launched their new book, an English language publication entitled Letters in Love and War, translated and edited by Metro Writers. The work is a translated collection of the love letters that the two writers exchanged as young journalists during the resistance wars of the last century, formerly released in Vietnamese as Hoi Uc Tinh Yeu. A matching re-release of

I first interviewed Ha Anh for Oi Vietnam magazine back in 2015, before going on to collaborate with her on her grandparents' book Letters in Love and War. During our interview, Ha Anh offered many fascinating opinions and insights into the modeling industry in Vietnam and her experiences both here and abroad. While the limitations in word length for the article itself made publication of all the comments she shared impossible, we now publish here these exclusive extracts fro