100 Foreign Translators Attend Conference on Vietnamese Literature Promotion

More than 100 foreign writers and translators from 32 countries will gather in the largest-ever international conference on Vietnamese literature promotion which firstly held in Hanoi next January 5th and 10th. The conference aims to set up a close relationship between the Vietnam Writers’ Association and foreign publishing houses to introduce Vietnamese literature to global audiences, the Vietnam News Agency said Dec. 28. Translating Vietnamese literature is particularly necessary and foreign translators become indispensable to bring the country literature works to global readers, said poet Huu Thinh, the association president said. The foreign translators will be warmly welcome to some famous beauty spots to help them understand more about Vietnamese culture as part of the association’s preparations for the translation later, the president added.