Vietnamese Poetry Day 2014 to be celebrated nationwide

The 12th Vietnamese Poetry Day is scheduled to take place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on February 14 (the 15th day of the first lunar month).
The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced the programme for this year’s poetry day under the theme: “Nation’s Spring – From Dien Bien to Truong Sa”.
The event aims to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the glorious Dien Bien Phu victory (1954-2014) and affirm national sovereignty. It is expected to gather poetry lovers, including more than 80 poets who are members of the Vietnam Writers’ Association from seven provinces and cities, and six universities across the country, as well as 28 poetry clubs from Hanoi.
The organizing board sent documents to ask provinces and cities to continue organizing Vietnamese poetry day in their localities.
After Vietnamese poetry day, a delegation of artists from the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations of Vietnam will pay a visit to Dien Bien and organize a poetry festival on March 13th to mark the 60th anniversary of the first gunshot starting the Dien Bien Phu campaign./.