 In 1958, Nguyễn Hữu Đang, Thụy An and Trần Thiếu Bảo were slapped with 15-year sentences in kangaroo courts for their involvements in the Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm movement.IV

The wide circulation of Dương Thu Hương's first novel, "Bên kia bờ ảo vọng" [The Other Side Of Illusion] (1987), established her as a vanguard for Đổi Mới literature.Though her roots are in Socialist Realism, Hương has broken from the movement's sanctioned subjects by listing Party members among her targets of criticism.