Popular poets Tran Dang Khoa, Anh Ngoc and Nguyen Viet Chien recited a series of verses on the sea, islands and border on stage. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The 14th annual Vietnam Poetry Day 2016, themed “Dat nuoc-Canh buom xuan” (Motherland-Sꦐpring Sail), opened in Hanoi on February 22.
The event took place across three stages: the Van Mieu (Temple of Literature), Quoc Tu Giam (the First National University) and the Ho Van (Lake of Literature).
On one stage, popular poets like Tran Dang Khoa, Anh Ngoc and Nguyen Viet Chien recited a series of verses on the sea, islands and border, while hundreds of Hanoi’s pupils got on another stage to share their spring moods and thoughts.
Meanwhile, young poets from different parts of the country had their own playground to delight the audiences.
An exhibition concerning the life and career of 40 famous war poets was organised, and publications from different publishing houses and poetry clubs were on display.
Since its debut on Nguyen Tieu (the 15th day of the first lunar month) in 2003, the Vietnam Poetry Day, the biggest poetry festival in the country, has become a national tradition, taking place in the spring of each year.
Starting out as an initiative of the Vietnam Writers' Association, the Poetry Day has been organised in many provinces and cities to honour poetry, which has been an integral part of Vietnamese culture for thousands of years.-VNA
A series of events will be held in early March to popularise Vietnamese literature among the international community, which will collectively draw about 550 writers, poets, and translators from the country and 40 other nations and territories.
Poem recital and artistic activities will be performed at the Vietnam Poetry Day 2016, to be held in Hanoi on February 22 or the 15th day of the first lunar month.
The annual Vietnamese Poetry Day will be organised as a festival with myriad activities, said Huu Thinh, President of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, on February 19.
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The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
Popular poets Tran Dang Khoa, Anh Ngoc and Nguyen Viet Chien recited a series of verses on the sea, islands and border on stage. (Photo: VNA)
