"His music can be very lyrical, but when it needs to be, his melody can be as powerful as this "Song for the Land Forces". In the escalating war that ravaged from 1964, the two American bases of Cồn Tiên and Dốc Miếu attacked the North without distinguishing villages, schools, infirmaries... day and night with cannon fire. This song was composed to encourage our soldiers. The word "Fire", an expression of hatred against the invaders, has never been used in a song, but here it sounds good". Interview with Mr Phan Ngoc Thach, 2021, in the book "Composer Hoàng Vân – For Eternity".