Nguyen Hanh Phuong, a 13-year-old student in Hanoi, has been named by the Vietnam Record Association, Vietkings, as Vietnam's youngest writer to have penned a fiction in English and released it as a bilingual English-Vietnamese serieswith her novel entitled ‘Star Team: A Quest for the Greatest Power.’Nguyen Hanh Phuong has been named by the Vietnam Record Association, Vietkings, as Vietnam's youngest writer of fiction in English. (Photo courtesy of Nguyen Hanh Phuong)The book series tells the story of four English adventurous children aged 12. Phuong writes her books in English first and then translates them into Vietnamese. Having a passion for reading books since childhood, especially those on science and literature, Nguyen Hanh Phuong has read many books in various genres in both Vietnamese and English. According to Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Nguyen Quang Thieu during this tenure, the association will place priority in children's literature because child authors are the future owners of literature.
