(Cinet) – 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival on March 2-6 in Hanoi.
They will also attend Vietnamese Poetry Day on the fifth day of the first lunar month, which will fall on March 5 this year.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.
The international delegates will come from embassies, the Afro-Asian Writers’ Association, the Mekong River Literature Association and the United States’ William Joiner Centre.
They will attend the Vietnamese Poetry Day, organised annually on the fifth day of the first lunar month, which will fall on March 5 this year.
The events will be highlighted by a poetry reading at the Ha Noi Opera House, where local and foreign poets will present their works.
On the occasion, the international delegates will visit the Vietnamese Literature Museum, where an exhibit on Vietnamese literature with foreign readers will be hosted. The delegates will also 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, Ha Noi.
This is a precious chance to introduce and promote Vietnamese literature to our international friends.
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