Activities observing the 17th Vietnam Poetry Day take place at Temple of Literature in Hanoi on March 1, 2018 (Photo: Vietnam+)

The opening ceremony of the event will be held on Friday.

Highlights of this year’s event include an exchange space sponsored by the Hanoi Poets Association and the Vietnam Poets Association, with poets from Japan and more than 60 poetry clubs from Vietnam.

Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Poets Association, said the event is an important step toward turning Vietnam Poetry Day into Vietnam Literature Day to honor poetry, prose, critical theory, and public access to literature.