Vietnam Poetry Day cancelled due to COVID-19

The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.

The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.

  

Vietnamese Poetry Day 2021 will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (File photo: VNA)

The Association said on Thursday that nationwide activities will be called off, including the main poetry event at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi.
Vietnamese Poetry Day used to take place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. This year’s event was scheduled for February 26th.

The theme this year was “The Nation and Mother.” Poets would have praised Vietnam’s triumphant history, the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and President Ho Chi Minh. There would also have been poems celebrating brave Vietnamese mothers, as well as achievements in national construction and defense.