Vương Trung Hiếu
Vương Trung Hiếu is a Vietnamese fiction writer, journalist, translator, and interdisciplinary scholar. He is the author of more than two hundred books. Many of his works are published under the pseudonym Thoai Son.
Biography
Vuong Trung Hieu was born on 7 September 1959. As a boy, he lived in Long Xuyen, Vietnam, with his parents, who were both teachers. He is the eldest in a family of eight children. He attended the primary school for male students in Long Xuyen named Thoai Ngoc Hau High School. In 1975, he and his family moved to Thoai Son, a district twenty-eight kilometers from Long Xuyen.In 1977, not wishing to leave his home district, Vuong took the entrance examination to the An Giang College of Pedagogy and studied literature there. After finishing college in the 1980s, he and his siblings by turn entered universities in Ho Chi Minh City. Vuong earned a BA in Vietnamese Literature and a BA in English from the University of Ho Chi Minh City. In 1991, he earned an MA in Historical Science from the Institute of Social Science in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vuong Trung Hieu is fluent in English, French and Chinese. He began his writing career in 1987 with many articles for newspapers and magazines on Art, Literature, Youth, Philosophy and Women. These articles were published in newspapers and magazines in Ho Chi Minh City and in regions of South Vietnam.
Vuong Trung Hieu lived in Ho Chi Minh City for twenty-five years before moving to Cantho city after his marriage in 2008. Since 2011, he and his wife have been living in Bangkok, Thailand.
Evaluation
Before becoming a writer, editor and a translator, Vuong Trung Hieu was an active journalist. His articles were considered artistic and filled with humanity. They appeared in periodicals in Ho Chi Minh city, in An Giang and the other provinces in the Mekong Delta.In order to make a greater contribution to the discipline of writing, Vuong Trung Hieu stated that to perfect his professional knowledge of the art, it was necessary to study from real life and the traditions of national history. After many years of hard work, Vuong obtained a degree of Master of Arts in Historical Science. With his knowledge and enthusiasm for gathering information, studying and synthesising it, Vuong wrote a series of books on editing and translation, which made a great impression to readers in the field of research.
Published books
Novels
- Tình khúc hồng, Youth Publishing House, 1991.
- Ngày chúng mình quen nhau, Labour Publishing House, 1991.
- Hương Quỳnh, 2 volumes – Labour Publishing House, 1992.
- Đêm tóc rối, 2 volumes, under the pen-name Uyen Uyen – Thuanhoa Publishing House, 1993.
Famous sayings
- Danh ngôn Đông phương, compiled by Hoai Anh, Ho Si Hiep, Vuong Trung Hieu, and other writers – Youth Publishing House, 1991.
- Danh ngôn tình yêu-hôn nhân- gia đình, Vietnamese-English – French trilingual, compiled by Vuong Trung Hieu and Ngo Chanh – Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House,1993.
- Danh ngôn Đông Tây, French – Vietnamese bilingual, compiled by Vuong Trung Hieu and Tran Đuc Tuan- Đanang Publishing House, 1994.
- Hán học danh ngôn, Chinese – Vietnamese bilingual – Arts and Literature Publishing House, 2002.
- Danh ngôn thế giới, English – Vietnamese bilingual – Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, 1995.
- Lời vàng trong kinh doanh – Women Publishing House, 1997.
- Tư tưởng nhân loại - Youth Publishing House, 2001.
Psychology, marriage, and family
- Chuyện tình của các danh nhân, 4 volumes – Youth Publishing House, 1989.
- Bạn gái và tình yêu – Dongnai Publishing House, 1995.
- Nghệ thuật sống hạnh phúc – Camau Publishing House, 1996.
- Con đường đi tới thành công – Women Publishing House, 1996.
- Để giữ hạnh phúc gia đình – Women Publishing House, 1997.
- Nuôi dạy con bạn cần biết – Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, 1997.
- Xã giao văn minh và lịch sự – Camau Publishing House, 1998.
- Hiểu người hiểu ta - Thuanhoa Publishing House, 1998.
- Họ trở thành tỷ phú như thế nào – Ho Chi Minh City Publishing House, 1999.
- Tâm sinh lý bạn trẻ – Dongnai Publishing House, 1999.
- Nghệ thuật chinh phục lòng người - Danang Publishing House, 2000.
- Chuyện tình danh nhân – Dongnai Publishing House, 2001.
- Thay đổi cuộc sống trong 7 ngày by Eleanor Berman, translated by Vuong Trung Hieu – Dongnai Publishing House, 2002.
- 80 điều cần làm để trở thành ông chủ lớn by David Freemantle, translated by Vuong Trung Hieu – Youth Publishing House 2003.
- Mang thai và những điều cần biết – Women Publishing House, 2007.
- Chăm sóc dinh dưỡng cho trẻ – Women Publishing House, 2007.
Folk literature
- Tục ngữ Việt Nam chọn lọc – Arts and Literature Publishing House, 1996.
- Tục ngữ các nước trên thế giới – Camau Publishing House, 2000.
- Kho tàng truyện trạng Việt Nam, 5 volumes – Camau Publishing House, 2001.
- Những tập tục kỳ lạ trên thế giới – Camau Publishing House NXB Mũi Cà Mau, 2001.
- Ca dao Việt Nam, ca dao tình yêu – Dongnai Publishing House, 2006.
Cultivation and breeding
- Kỹ thuật nuôi gà chăn thả , pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi gà công nghiệp, pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi baba, lươn, ếch và cá rô đồng, pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Nuôi heo năng suất cao, pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi dê, pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Kỹ thuật trồng và tạo dáng cây cảnh – Youth Publishing House, 2005.
- Tìm hiểu 154 giống chó thuần chủng – Dongnai Publishing House, 2006.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi thỏ – Dongnai Publishing House, 2006.
- Kỹ thuật trồng và tạo dáng cây mai – Labour Publishing House, 2006.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi cá rô phi, pseudonym Thoai Son, Dongnai Publishing House, 2006.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi cá tra và cá ba sa, pseudonym Thoai Son – Dongnai Publishing House, 2006.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi cá chép và cá mè – Dongnai Publishing House, 2007.
- Kỹ thuật nuôi cá La hán, cá dĩa, cá rồng, cá vàng, cá xiêm và cá bảy màu – Labour Publishing House, 2007.
- Nuôi dạy chó theo khoa học – Orient Publishing House, 2008.
Other types of writing
- Giây phút khôn ngoan, English – Vietnamese bilingual – Art and Literature Publishing House, 1996.
- Những chuyện lý thú về máy vi tính – Women Publishing House, 1998.
- Ảo thuật- Trò chơi vui lạ, pseudonym Thoai Son, Dongnai Publishing House, 2001.
- Những thủ pháp ảo thuật – Dongnai Publishing House, 2003.
- Để có trí nhớ tốt – Dongnai Publishing House, 2004.
- Xây dựng nhà cửa theo phong thủy – Labour Publishing House, 2007.
- Nhân tướng học – Information and Culture Publishing House, 2007.
- Ứng dụng phong thủy trong tình yêu, công danh, sự nghiệp – Information and Culture Publishing House, 2008.
- Bí ẩn điềm chiêm bao – Dongnai Publishing House, 2009.
- Chữa bệnh theo kinh nghiệm dân gian – Women Publishing House, 2011.