The work is composed by Lai Nguyen An, Tran Thien Khanh and Doan Anh Duong, reproducing the life of Vietnamese literature from 1957 to 1975 with literary work published or announced in newspapers and literature and arts magazines year by year.
According to literary critic, Lai Nguyen An, writing and announcing literary work are the most important activities, helping readers visualize the true face of literary life.
The first volume also records literary events and phenomena taking place each year, to help reader research activities.
In the chronicle’s introduction, An said that what he wrote must be of concern to others, since literature history is created by works which are welcomed and evaluated by the public while being received and inherited by authors of future generations.
