On December 6, 2023, at the Youth Theater, Hanoi, the Central Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art held an Award Ceremony for works of theory and criticism of literature and art published in 2022. Accordingly, Prof. Dr. Le Van Lan (pen name Ma Giang Lan), former Head of the Department of Modern Vietnamese Literature, Faculty of Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, was honored to receive the Award.