Writers from Vietnam and the US gathered in the northern province of Hoa Binh on June 2 to talk about the promotion of post-war Vietnamese literature in the US and other countries.

Representatives of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Propaganda and Education Commission, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism attended the event.

The seminar underlined the mission of Vietnamese writers and poets in promoting Vietnam ’s image to foreign countries while highlighting the significant role of peace-loving US writers in introducing Vietnamese special literary works to US readers through the William Joiner Centre of Massachusetts University.

The participants focused their discussions on cultural and literary exchanges between the two countries over the past 35 years as well as activities of Vietnamese authors and researchers at conferences and cultural exchange events in the US .

They also shared their views on the influence of Vietnamese culture and literature on Americans people.

On the sideline of the seminar, which was organised by Hanoi University of Culture, the two countries’ writers and poets attended a poetry night in Kim Boi district, Hoa Binh province. Earlier, they met with literature students at Hanoi Education University and attended a painting-music exhibition in Hanoi./.