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35 books win first National Book Awards

Twenty-two books with good contents and 13 others with good designs have been honoured with the National Book Awards, the first of its kind in Vietnam, at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 19.
35 books win first National Book Awards ảnh 1Three books winning Prize A in good content category of the National Book Awards (Source:http://baochinhphu.vn)

Hanoi (VNA)– Twenty-two books with good contents and 13 others with good designs have beenhonoured with the National Book Awards, the first of its kind in Vietnam, at aceremony at the National Library in Hanoi on April 19.

Prize A in the categoryof good contents came to three works of the  Publishing House for Sciences and Technology, the Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House and The Gioi (World) Publishers. 

Prize B was presentedto nine books, while 10 others received Prize C

Meanwhile in thecategory of good design, three books won the first prize, while five otherswere honoured with second and five with third prizes.

Addressing the event,Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Hoang Vinh Bao said that thefirst National Book Awards drew 514 titles of books in different fields of 40out of 59 publishing houses in the country.

The award is part ofactivities to develop reading culture among society, while encouraging the developmentof publishing houses, he said.

The annual NationalBook Awards, developed from the Vietnam Book Awards, aims to honour books withoutstanding values in politics, ideology and knowledge, while acknowledging thecontributions of authors, translators, scientists, publishing houses, printinghouses and distributors.-VNA
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