With the theme "Celebrate the glorious Party - Celebrate 2018 Mau Tuat Sping", "The 16th Vietnam Poetry Day" is part of a series of events celebrating major holidays in a year of the city. Moreover, there have been many different activities on this day which attracts many people to join such as Book Exhibition - Mau Tuat Spring Newspaper, fast composing poetry (Lục Bát) contest, calligraphy and so on.
Mr. Le Van Tam, Permanent Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee beats the drum to inaugurate the Vietnam Poetry Day
From these activities, people can review the tradition of Vietnamese Poetry Day and educate artists, poetic lovers, especially the young generation of the city on the tradition of patriotism. This is also an opportunity for poets to find inspiration for poetry.
Cat Duyen - Translated by Hoang Dat