VietNamNet Bridge – The 10th Vietnamese Poetry Day 2012 attracted thousands of visitors, including many foreigners.
VietNamNet Bridge – The 10th Vietnamese Poetry Day 2012 attracted thousands of visitors, including many foreigners.
There are two zones for Vietnamese and international poetry. At the area for Vietnamese poetry, traditional poems are performed on a well decorated stage. Poems are performed alternatively with music and dance.
The zone for international poetry introduces selected poems by foreign authors. Many foreign delegates who had attended the first Asia-Pacific Poetry Festival in Ha Long city also participate in the event.
Foreign poems are performed in Vietnamese, English and other languages. These works will be published in Vietnamese.
Bellows are pictures of the Vietnamese Poetry Day 2012 at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (Literature Temple) in Hanoi on February 7.
The Vietnamese poetry stage.
The stage for international poems.
A traditional dance.
Tay people's then singing.
A show by children.
Japanese poet Goro Takano (left) and British poet Holly Thompson.
Vietnamese poet Do Doan Phuong and American poet Mary Croy.