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.
More than 250 people were hospitalised after eating banh mi in Gia Lai, with tests identifying Salmonella bacteria in several ingredients used by the...
Five medical professionals travelling as passengers helped deliver a premature baby on a Vietnam-bound flight after a pregnant woman went into labour...
Hanoi plans a major transformation of the Red River corridor, with housing for up to 1.2 million residents, a new riverside boulevard and a proposed...
Police in An Hung Commune, Haiphong City, seized a traditional flute kite measuring about 2m across after finding it flying more than 200m above the...
More than 155,700 workers in HCM City applied for unemployment benefits in the first eight months of 2026, up about 4.5 per cent from a year earlier,...
