Vietnam Poetry Day "Flying Fatherland" held for the first time in Ninh Binh

(Dan Tri) - The 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day has the theme "The Fatherland flies up" and was held for the first time in Hoa Lu City ( Ninh Binh ) with many innovations.

According to poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers' Association, the 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day takes place in the context of the country celebrating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam and towards the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday and 50 years of national reunification.

Therefore, the Organizing Committee chose the theme " The Fatherland flies up" , inspired by the verse "The Fatherland flies up in the immense spring" in the poem "Vietnam's Posture" by poet and martyr Le Anh Xuan.

The Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association also said that in the 22 previous times, Vietnam Poetry Day was held in the capital Hanoi . In 2025, Vietnam Poetry Day will be held in Ninh Binh province to implement the idea and policy of the Vietnam Writers Association to bring National Poetry Day to the public nationwide.

Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association Nguyen Quang Thieu speaks at the press conference of the 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day (Photo: Organizing Committee).

The 23rd Vietnam Poetry Day in 2025 was held in Hoa Lu City, Ninh Binh Province, when the city was recently established and is aiming to become a millennium heritage city, containing many unique cultural, historical and landscape values ​​of Vietnam.

In subsequent years, the annual Poetry Day may be held in different localities, depending on the theme of that year.

According to poet Huu Viet, preparations for this year’s Vietnam Poetry Day encountered many difficulties due to the early arrival of Tet and the tight timeframe. In addition, the Organizing Committee invited poets from many different regions and all ages, so the arrangements were quite complicated.

"Many poets accepted but then declined due to health reasons, some could not arrange their work at the office. However, after much effort, the preparations are now almost complete," said poet Huu Viet.

Participating in the Poetry Night "The Fatherland Takes Flight" are poets from: the generation of the resistance war against the US to save the country; the generation after the country's reunification (1975) to the early years of renovation (2000) and young poets from the generation from 2001 to present.

The public will listen to the poetry of poets: Nguyen Dinh Thi, Nguyen Khoa Diem, Huu Thinh, Le Thu, Tran Dang Khoa, Phan Hoang, Nguyen Viet Chien, Tran Kim Hoa, Dinh Thi Nhu Thuy, Binh Nguyen... and poets who matured after the renovation and are making an impression on the literary world: Nguyen Bao Chan, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Nguyen Quang Hung, Phung Thi Huong Ly...

Besides the performance of the author reading poetry directly, there were also poetry recitations: Nguyen Tieu by President Ho Chi Minh, Duc Thuy Son by Truong Han Sieu, Vietnam's Standing Posture by Le Anh Xuan, We fight for you to live forever, Oh Vietnam by Nam Ha.

Within the framework of the program, there will be songs set to poems by Vietnamese poets such as: The Road We Travel (poem by Xuan Sach, music by Huy Du), The Fatherland Calls My Name (poem by Nguyen Phan Que Mai, music by Dinh Trung Can)... Especially, this year's Poetry Day has the participation of American veteran poet Bruce Weigl with a poem to a Vietnamese mother.

The Vietnam Writers Association also organized a discussion: Responsibility and aspirations of poets .

The Poetry Day space will display posters of 20 outstanding Vietnamese poets who received the Ho Chi Minh Prize for Literature and Arts; ancient and modern poems about Ninh Binh land.

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