More than 650 Vietnamese and international writers, poets and translators are attending an exhibition themed "Vietnamese literature with international readers" at the Vietnamese Literature Museum on March 2 in Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency reports.
More than 650 Vietnamese and international writers, poets and translators are attending an exhibition themed “Vietnamese literature with international readers” at the Vietnamese Literature Museum on March 2 in Hanoi, Vietnam News Agency reports.
The event belongs to a series of activities to promote Vietnamese literature to international readers held between March 1 and 7 in Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Bac Ninh.
Visitors to the exhibition share the same opinion that museums for Vietnamese literature are still hard to be found elsewhere in the world.
Bakhitkozha Rustemov, a delegate from Kazakhstan, said the Vietnamese Literature Museum plays a role in presenting Vietnamese literary works to foreigners.
Nguyen Thanh Minh, the museum’s deputy director, said the museum has three areas for displaying nearly 3,000 items about Vietnamese literature through eras, awards and items about the lives of Vietnamese people in rural areas, among 40,000 items the museum is keeping.
The museum is in the process of completion and is expected to open in April, he said.
(Source: SGT)
