Tác giả: Lại Hồng Khánh
(Gửi các bạn yêu bóng đá nhân World Cup 2026)

Mùa hè này, ngày hội của hành tinh
Quả bóng lăn hàng tỉ người náo nức
Vũ điệu năm châu, trên thảm xanh rừng rực
Những màu cờ – sắc áo những Quốc Ca

Trái bóng tròn lăn giữa lòng Ta
Giá đừng súng bom, giá đừng li loạn
Ta ước Hành tinh mãi ngày hè bầu bạn
Để mái nhà bác ái rợp muôn phương!

(Hà Nội 16/6/2026)

THE PLANET’S FESTIVAL

by Lai Hong Khanh from Vietnam
(To football lovers on the occasion of World Cup 2026)

This summer, the festival of the planet
The rolling ball gets billions of People thrilled
The dance of five Continents, blazing on the green grass
Colors of flags – shades of shirts, and National Anthems

The round ball rolls right in our hearts
If only there were no guns and bombs, if only there were no chaos
We wish the Planet would forever be a summer of companionship
So that the roof of philanthropy covers all horizons!

(Hanoi, June 16, 2026)

About the author:
– Born in 1950, in Phu Xuyen – Hanoi
– Member of Vietnam Writers Association
– Member of Vietnam Journalists Association
– Member of Vietnam Lawyers Association

        Published works:
– THE WHITE FERRY-CALL  – Poetry, Youth Publisher 1990
– WRITING THROUGH THE FOREST – Literature, Labor Publisher 2002
– SUMMER HEART – Poetry, Literature Publisher 2003
– KINH BAC MOON – Poetry, Writers Association Publisher 2007
– TIME FULLY LOADED – Poetry, Literature Publisher 2014
– VIETNAMESE SPIRIT – Poetry, Youth Publisher 2020
– EVERY MORNING – Poetry, Youth Publisher 2021

           Literary Award:
Silver Prize for “Mother of Pearl” literary script contest at the National Television Festival in 2002.