The event drew nearly 200 poets, writers and translators from 46 countries and territories. Many foreign poets introduced their works featuring the nation and people of Vietnam.

The opening ceremony of the Ha Long poetry night.

Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Huu Thinh said this year, Vietnam Poetry Day in Quang Ninh sees the combination of national and international characteristics thanks to the participation of the poets, writers and translators from Vietnam and abroad. This also makes this year’s event a miniature global poetry festival, he held.

Earlier at a reception for the foreign delegates, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Vu Thi Thu Thuy said it is an honor for Quang Ninh to host the International Poetry Festival, which gives it a chance to introduce the people and land of a locality with more than 600 relic sites and landscapes, including Ha Long Bay, a UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage.

She expressed her hope that participants at the event will be inspired by the land and people of Quang Ninh to create new works.

Earlier the same day, delegates visited Ha Long Bay.

Vietnam Poetry Day opens in Bac Giang

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Vice President receives delegates attending literature conference, poetry festival

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted a reception on February 18 for a delegation attending the 4th international conference on promoting Vietnamese literature and the 3rd international poetry festival.

 

Poetic Hanoi with yellow-leaves-streets

In the early days of spring, Hanoi features a romantic beauty, when the yellow and red colours of the leaves are dyed brilliantly in a familiar corner. The rows of Bang lang (Giant Crape-myrtle) tree, Loc vung (Barringtonia acutangula) trees are changing the colour. In the background of the blue sky, each of the yellow leaves, the red leaves, sway lightly in the wind.

 

17th Vietnam Poetry Day opens in Hanoi

The 17th Vietnam Poetry Day officially opened on February 17 in Hanoi, featuring a wide range of activities. 

 

Vietnamese poetry aired on US radio

Vietnamese poetry and music hit the airwaves in the US on February 11, with the programme “Lanterns hanging on the wind” broadcast on several university radio stations.

 

Source: VNA