Poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, President of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, speaks at the press conference. The province previously organized a provincial-scale poetry event in 1988 to mark the 520th anniversary of King Le Thanh Tong inscribing a poem on Bai Tho Mountain, long before Vietnam Poetry Day was officially launched nationwide in 2003. The Nguyen Tieu poetry night, themed “Before the vast sea,” will introduce sea-themed works by multiple generations of poets. According to Colonel and writer Nguyen Binh Phuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, this is an important seminar. The Poetry Day space will also display 50 sea-themed verses selected from ancient, medieval and modern poetry, presented on “poetry sails” designed by photographer Duong Minh Long.

Source: VietNamNet News February 26, 2026 06:26 UTC