This is an introductory material on writer Bang Hyun-seok for the 2007 Korea-Vietnam Literary Exchange. On December 4 and 5, Bang read an excerpt of his novella Forms of Being at the reading events held at Hanoi University of Foreign Studies. The five-page introduction booklet consist of two sections: “About the Writer” and “Excerpts.” In includes excerpts from Time to Eat Lobster (Thời gian ăn tôm hùm) and Off to Battle at Dawn (Bình minh nơi pháp đình).