Event honoring "world poet" Tong Thu Ngan: Unlicensed, title claimed, what does BTC say?

Recently, the pictures of the event "Gala Finals of Asia's Tourism and Talents - Vietnam Golden Brand Enterprise - Typical Vietnamese Entrepreneur" taking place in Quang Ninh attracted the attention of the audience. essay.

At the event, Ms. Tong Thu Ngan was honored with a series of titles: Chairman of the Senior Disciplinary Council of the World Federation of Poets; Lifetime Ambassador of the World Federation of Poets; Vice Chairman of the Council of Defenders of World Poets, Chairman of many domestic and foreign poetry clubs...

Notably, on the background of the program was printed the logo of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) as the organizer; print the logo of Vietnam Television Station (VTV), VOV, VTC (a unit of VOV) and many newspapers and radio stations in the list of media units.

Talking to PV Dan Tri, Mr. Pham Manh Hung, Deputy General Director of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) affirmed: "VOV does not commit to jointly organizing or sponsoring such events. is asking its affiliated units to verify the report and give official comments.

As soon as the complaint is received, the Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Ninh province has issued an urgent document, assigning the Department Inspector to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Department of Culture and Family Management and related agencies and units. check and verify.

By the afternoon of December 26, the Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Ninh province had official press information about the event.

Accordingly, on November 4, the Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Ninh province received the document No. 5145/VP.UBND-VX1 from the Office of the Provincial People's Committee on applying for permission and requesting to coordinate in organizing the program "Travel & Sports". Asian Guinness Record Talent 2022".

In particular, the Department was assigned to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies, units and localities to consider and study the proposed content of Hang Holy Group Joint Stock Company.

After reviewing the records, the Department of Culture and Sports has sent a document to the Company requesting to provide documents, programs and plans related to the organization of the event before November 22.

On December 2, the Department received a number of documents provided by the Company, but none of them talked about the plan to coordinate the organization of the program between the Company and the Voice of Vietnam (VOV). This unit also has not provided the script and detailed operation program to the authorities.

"Based on the opinions of the relevant departments, the Department of Culture and Sports requests Hang Holy Group Joint Stock Company to provide sufficient documents to appraise the activities to ensure compliance with the law. .

However, the Company has implemented the event organization without the written guidance and consent of the competent authority to organize the event," the press release stated.

The Department of Culture and Sports of Quang Ninh province has directed the Department's Inspector to coordinate with relevant agencies, units and localities to inspect, verify and handle in accordance with law.

In addition to the fact that the event has not been licensed, many people wonder, are these titles recognized by organizations in Vietnam or just a "receipt" with beautiful words... self-styled?

Sharing with Dan Tri, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen The Ky - Chairman of the Central Committee for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts said that he had also heard friends comment on this self-proclaimed story with a very humorous attitude, this is... not normal.

The Chairman of the Central Committee of Literary and Art Criticism added that those who have the ability to appraise and evaluate will know that these are not real names. And these self-appointed titles do not affect genuine writers and poets.

What does the BTC side say?

Responding to PV Dan Tri related to the program "honoring world poets" on the evening of December 22, receiving mixed opinions from the public, Ms. Nguyen Thuy Hang, Head of the Organizing Committee said, "Do not honor world poets. world for Ms. Tong Thu Ngan".

"We only honor Ms. Tong Thu Ngan as the powerful and talented Ambassador of Vietnam in 2022, not honor the world poet for her.

The remaining titles of Ms. Tong Thu Ngan that are read by the MC in the program when introducing her are the titles that she sent to the Organizing Committee," Hang said.

According to Ms. Hang, Ms. Tong Thu Ngan's title of "world poet" does not have a "certificate", but is called so by some people who love her and admire her poetry.

"Ms. Tong Thu Ngan has dual nationality: Vietnamese and American. She is Vietnamese but mainly lives and works in the US. She has written poetry and published poetry abroad. loved and accepted. Because she is in the US and works abroad, it makes sense to have the above titles, "Mrs. Hang explained.

Regarding the fact that on the background of the program, VOV is the organizer, on the morning of December 27, according to information from VOV, the company that organized this program admitted it was wrong, admitting that there was no contract and no consent. VOV's opinion, and at the same time, apologize to VOV.

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