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Book festival to return to HCM City in March next year

The 10th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will return to Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 19-25, 2018 with over 35 million copies of books planned for display.
Book festival to return to HCM City in March next year ảnh 1Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City(VNA) – The 10th Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival will return to LeVan Tam Park in District 1 from March 19-25, 2018 with over 35 million copiesof books planned for display.

The festival, themed“Books – Culture, Integration and Development”, will feature about 800 stallsof 200 domestic and foreign publishers and distributors who will bring to thefair around 350,000 titles of books, the city’s department of Information andCommunications announced at a press conference on December 7.

Book lovers to theevent will be offered discounts of up to 20 percent on all books and stationeryand special deals of up to 50 percent discount will be given during the lastthree days of the event.

An exhibition on theannual HCM City Book Festival over the past decade will be held on thesidelines of the fair.

Speaking at the press conference,Director of the Department of Information and Communications Duong Anh Duc saidthe festival is intended to nurture reading culture among local people andprovide an opportunity for book lovers to meet with authors and get to knowabout new publications.-VNA
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