From left to right: People's Artist Tran Quoc Chiem, Chairman of Hanoi Literature and Arts Association; Architect Nguyen Truong Luu, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Association; Poet Ho Dang Thanh Ngoc, Chairman of Thua Thien Hue Literature and Arts Association

The delegation of artists from Hue city came to the capital, including poet Le Tan Quynh, critical theory researcher Ho The Ha, Pham Phu Phong, musician Le Chi Quoc Anh, photographer Dang Van Tran, researcher Nguyen The, artist Nguyen Van Thanh, ... led by poet Ho Dang Thanh Ngoc, Chairman of the Union of Literature and Arts Associations of Thua Thien Hue province.

The workshop “Literature and Arts of Hanoi - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City after the country's reunification: Issues and development orientations” was held to deeply and comprehensively evaluate the literature and arts of the three cities 50 years after the country's reunification; affirm achievements, point out limitations, draw lessons, propose tasks and solutions for the development of literature and arts of the three cities in the new period.

In his opening speech, People's Artist Tran Quoc Chiem, Chairman of the Hanoi Literature and Arts Association, affirmed that "The literary and artistic values ​​of Hanoi - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City are an important part, typical values, and the foundation of Vietnamese culture". According to him, each city builds and creates its own cultural and artistic face, its own identity, diversity, and variety on the basis of national culture and Vietnamese culture. That is what creates the overall picture of Vietnamese literature and arts.

The presentations of the Thua Thien Hue delegation such as "The role of Thua Thien Hue artists in the flow of history" by poet Ho Dang Thanh Ngoc; "50 years of collecting, researching and restoring folk cultural festivals in Thua Thien Hue" by researcher Nguyen The; "Hue literature 50 years after the country's reunification: Seen from the notes of Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong" by critical theory researcher Pham Phu Phong... contributed to creating diversity for the conference and affirming the position of Thua Thien Hue literature and arts in the flow of literature and arts of the country.

The cultural and artistic exchange program of the three Hanoi - Hue - Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Associations is a practical activity of artists and writers to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2024), towards the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

The event lasts for 4 days from March 20 to 23.

Pham Phuoc Chau