Vietnamese literature will be introduced to international delegates as a
symbol of the people''s desire for freedom, happiness and independence,
poet Huu Thinh, chairman of the Viet Nam Writers'' Association, said.
Vietnamese poets Tran Dang Khoa and Nguyen Bao Chan are joining the
12th Val-de Marne International Poetry Festival in France, at the
invitation of Francis Combes, the festival director.
The 7th National Tang Poetry Festival has attracted
hundreds of poets representing the 2,500 members of UNESCO''s Club of
Vietnamese Tang Poetry to Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang
Ninh.
82 poets from 28 countries around the world gathered in northern Quang
Ninh province this morning to take part in the first Asia Pacific Poetry
Festival.
