Echoes of 'Poems that shape the country'

On the evening of August 17, at Sao Mai Tourist Area, Binh Kien Ward, Dak Lak (Tuy Hoa City, old Phu Yen), a poetry night took place to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2 (1945-2025).

The program was organized by the General Department of Politics of the People's Army under the direction of the Army Literature and Arts Magazine, with the participation of nearly 500 delegates including artists, armed forces units and audiences. With the theme "Poems that shape the country", the poetry night consisted of 4 parts: The person searching for the shape of the country, Comrades (resistance against France), Vietnam's posture (resistance against America) and continue the soldier's epic.

Colonel, writer Nguyen Binh Phuong, Editor-in-Chief of the Army Literature Magazine, delivered the opening speech.

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Solo performance of lithophone "Dien Bien Victory" by People's Artist Thanh Hai

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During the 100-minute program, the audience enjoyed emotional poems such as: The Poetry Suite " The Shape of the Party" embedded in the Shape of the Country (excerpts from poems by authors To Huu, Che Lan Vien, Xuan Dieu, Nguyen Dinh Thi); "Remembering Blood" (poet, martyr Tran Mai Ninh); "The Red Separation" (poet, martyr Nguyen My); "Vietnam's Posture" (poet, martyr Le Anh Xuan)... and songs that have accompanied the years such as: "Five Brothers on a Tank"; "Eastern Truong Son, Western Truong Son"; "The Girl Sharpening Spikes" ...

Meritorious Artist Dinh Trung reads the poem "Remembering Blood" by author Tran Mai Ninh

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Throughout the journey of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people, poetry has always been the voice of the national soul, silent but strong, simple but profound. Revolutionary poetry is a powerful source, carrying within it ideals, beliefs and aspirations for independence and freedom. Revolutionary poetry, especially verses written from the trenches, from the hearts of soldiers, have created a poetry that bears the shape of the country. Poets and musicians do not stand outside the war but are real soldiers, holding guns to protect the Fatherland and holding pens to record pages of history with poetry and music.

Armed forces, audience, and listeners enjoy the poetry night

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According to Colonel, writer Nguyen Binh Phuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Writers Association , Editor-in-Chief of the Army Literature Magazine, after more than eight decades of building, fighting and growing, the Vietnam People's Army is not only a fighting army, a working army but also an army of artistic creation. In that team, military artists in general and poets in soldier uniforms in particular have been present in all regions of the Fatherland, from the difficult borderlands to the fierce battlefields, to write immortal heroic songs about soldiers, about the Fatherland, about the people.

Colonel, People's Artist Tu Long at the poetry night "Poems that shape the country"

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Carrying sincere emotions and noble ideals, the poet has portrayed the image of the country through each verse, which is both authentic, heroic, profound and sacred. These are works of art that simultaneously create historical marks through poetry, contributing to further glorifying the glorious tradition and noble qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in wartime as well as in peacetime.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/am-vang-nhung-cau-tho-viet-nen-hinh-dat-nuoc-185250817220024424.htm