n February 21, at Ngo Quyen High School (Hoa Binh City), the Provincial Literature and Arts Association collaborated with Ngo Quyen High School to organize the XXII Vietnam Poetry Day in 2024 with the theme the "Country Harmony”.
Xam singing performance – Ngai, the mother gave birth, was performed by Bao Han, a student at Tran Quoc Toan Primary School.
There was the participation of the representatives of the poetry clubs, the artists and artisans, the poetry lovers in the province and many artists who are the outstanding children of Hoa Binh's hometown and they are currently living and composing outside the province, the writers and artists from the Central Professional Association from Hanoi.
After the opening drum sound of Poetry Day, the poets and artists performed many works of poetry and music with the theme of love for the homeland, country, praising the Party, Uncle Ho, the love between couples and family. Among them, the highlight is the work "Xam singing – Ngai, mother gave birth” performed by Bao Han, a student at Tran Quoc Toan Primary School; the poem "Our City” by Dinh Dang Luong; Poetry "Tomorrow I Have an Exam” by Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc...
The XXII Vietnam Poetry Day in 2024 in Hoa Binh province is not only a place to exchange and meet the people who write poetry and love literature and art, but it also contributes to further inspiration for the writers and the poets and the artists continue to create the valuable literary and artistic works, arousing the awareness and responsibility of each writer and artist in creating and encouraging the people to join hands in building an increasingly rich and beautiful and civilized homeland...
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