Vietnam Poetry Day in Dong Nai

02:02, 11/02/2009

ĐN)- To mark the 7th Vietnam Poetry Day, the Dong Nai Writers’ Association in coordination with the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Cao Minh private enterprise and Vinh Cuu District’s People’s Committee organised a Poem Night at Cao Minh ecological tourism area in Vinh Cuu district on February 9.

(ĐN)- To mark the 7th Vietnam Poetry Day, the Dong Nai Writers’ Association in coordination with the Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Cao Minh private enterprise and Vinh Cuu District’s People’s Committee  organised a Poem Night at Cao Minh ecological tourism area in Vinh Cuu district on February 9. The annual event is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

A dance performance at the Poem Night in Vinh Cuu district

This year’s event highlighted the image of the late President Ho Chi Minh and Truong Son Trail to mark the 40th anniversary of President Ho’s Testament and the 50th anniversary of the legendary trail created during the war of resistance against the US.

Many poems created by members of the Vietnam Writers’ Association and the Dong Nai Writers’ Association as well as members of the poets’ club in Vinh Cuu district were presented at the event.

Major activities were held during the festival such as reciting and discussing poems, putting verses in music and combined with performances by artists including Cao Minh, Que Anh, Ngan Vuong, Ngoc Khoa, Cam Huong etc.

Earlier,  a poetry program had been held at the Dong Nai Teachers’ College to mark the 7th Vietnam Poetry Day.

The program opened with reciting the poem “Night of the 15th Day of the First Lunar Month” written by Late President Ho Chi Minh.

New poems written by poets from the Vietnam Writers Association and the Dong Nai Writers Association were presented to the public.

Reported by T.Thuy