Int’l poets to join Vietnam festival
(VOV) - The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced that 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival set for March 2-6 in Hanoi.
They will also attend Vietnamese Poetry Day, organised annually on the fifth day of the first lunar month, which will fall on March 5 this year, a spokesperson for the association said.
In addition, Vietnam’s naval forces and border guards will attend the event, promising to bring excellent works and an exhibition featuring the past 30 year history of the islands struggle for national defence.
On the occasion, the foreign poets will visit the Temple of Literature, tour Ha Long Bay, enjoy Quan Ho (love duets) in the northern province of Bac Ninh and visit the memorial house of Cao Ba Quat (1809-55), a Vietnamese poet and revolutionary, in Gia Lam District, Hanoi.