Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi and poet Huu Thinh, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association, the organiser of the festival, lighted the sacred flame to kick off the festival.
The flame was taken from Phu Tho province’s Thuong Temple , which is dedicated to the Hung Kings - the founders of Vietnam . It represents a respect for the traditional values in the creation of modern literary works.
