NGÔ THẾ VINH
An Interview with the author Ngô Thế Vinh conducted by literary critic and writer Đoàn Nhã Văn on October 30, 2010.
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Đoàn Nhã Văn/ ĐNV 1_ Dr. Vinh, starting with your book Mekong Dòng Sông Nghẽn Mạch in Vietnamese we now have an English version Mekong – The Occluding River
that was recently published and introduced to the general public.
In your personal view, what type of readers do you wish to target?
For example the academics, experts doing research on the rivers of
the world, government circles, the people of Southeast Asia or the
college students in Vietnam...?
Ngô Thế Vinh/ NTV 1_
With 2,000 copies printed – including the second edition that came
out within the same year 2007 – and its audio-book form, the
Vietnamese version of Mekong Dòng Sông Nghẽn Mạch could
only reach a limited readership of Vietnamese living abroad and a still
smaller one at home. Since 2009, when the book was added to the “ Kệ
Sách Da Màu” website in “ebook” form it had achieved a wider
exposure through the Internet.
