Vietnam Poetry Day 2025 kicks off in Ninh Binh

Attending the opening were  Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Chairman of the PCC's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization; Doan Minh Huan, member of the PCC and Secretary of the Ninh Binh Party Committee; Mai Van Tuat, Standing Vice Secretary of the Ninh Binh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; and Pham Quang Ngoc, Vice Secretary of the Ninh Binh Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, among others.

In his opening speech, President of the VWA Nguyen Quang Thieu stated that this year's Vietnam Poetry Day was held in Ninh Binh - a sacred land of splendid nature with rich historical and cultural values to spread the message of peace, the beauty and the aspiration for flying up of the whole nation.

Speaking at the event, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Quang Ngoc hoped Party and State leaders, sectors, branches, intellectuals and writers will continue to support Ninh Binh to realise its target of being recognised  by UNESCO as a creative city and getting recognition of Duc Thuy Son mountain as a world material heritage site.

Numerous famous poems were performed. Notably, this year's event saw the participation of US veteran poet Bruce Weigl with a poem sent to a Vietnamese mother called “Lời thơ tặng Mẹ Nguyễn Thị Vẻ”. Many other modern poems about Ninh Binh were recited at the event.