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Activities to develop reading culture sustainably held across Vietnam

On these days, various activities have been held across Vietnam in response to the second Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21), helping develop the reading culture sustainably.
Activities to develop reading culture sustainably held across Vietnam ảnh 1The second Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day draws many young people. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – On these days, various activities have been held acrossVietnam in response to the second Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April21), helping develop the reading culture sustainably.

This year, main activities will take place from April 21 toApril 25 at the Thua Thien - Hue History Museum in the central province of thesame name. The programme is organised by the Ministry of Information andCommunications (MIC) in collaboration with the Party Central Committee’s Commissionfor Information and Education, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, andthe provincial People's Committee.

In Hanoi capital, right from the beginning of April, itsdistricts and Son Tay town have organised a wide range of response activities,including book exhibitions, talk shows, and book introduction and granting events.

The highlight was the opening ceremony of the second VietnamBook and Reading Culture Day at the Hanoi Library on April 20 with the theme of"Books: Awareness - Innovation - Creativity". Within the framework ofthe event, participants heard a thematic talk on "Readingculture in the 4.0 period" and activities in response to the secondVietnam Book and Reading Culture Day.

In Ho Chi Minh City, more than 100 activities are expected to be held in itsdistricts from April 19-23 to honour those working in book-related fields, andpromote reading culture.

Hot topics such as ChatGPT (an artificial intelligencechatbot trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailedresponse) with the writing of literature and books of today's youths, how to forma reading habit for children in the digital age, and e-books are beingdiscussed and receiving great attention from the public.

In addition to provinces and centrally-run cities, theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Ministry of PublicSecurity have also held a lot of events to respond to the Day.

Activities to develop reading culture sustainably held across Vietnam ảnh 2Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Director of the MIC Authority of Publication, Printing andDistribution Nguyen Nguyen said that this year’s Day carries two major messagesof “Books: Awareness - Innovation - Creativity” and “Books for me, for you”.
The Prime Minister's Decision No.1862/QD-TTg on theorganising of the annual Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day on the nationalscale was signed in 2021.

The day is expected to encourage and develop the readingmovement among the community, contributing to building a learning society. Inaddition, it aims to honour readers, authors, publishers, printers andlibraries that make efforts to preserve, collect and promote books.

Last year, the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day was heldin both in-person and online format amid complicated developments of theCOVID-19 pandemic./.
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