Tuesday, June 01, 2010

News at Eleven: In 1813, he [Nguyen Du] accompanied an imperial embassy

to the Chinese court, and while there he may have found the literary inspiration for his masterpiece, Truyen Kieu (The Story of Kieu), an epic poem which is widely considered to be the most significant work in Vietnamese literature. It also introduced chu Nom (Sino-Vietnamese script) as a genre and consecrated the Vietnamese language as a classical and poetical one of great delicacy and richness.

The street's history

The 1,060-metre-long street stretches from Pho Hue to Le Duan Street criss- crossing Ba Trieu, Quang Trung, Tran Binh Trong and Yet Kieu streets.

from VietNamNet Bridge: Poet's corner

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