Books distributed to residents in HCM City quarantine facilities
HCM City (VNA) – A programme to distribute books to
people in quarantine or locked down areas was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on
July 16.
Co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing
House, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) of Phu Nhuan district and
the Voiz FM app, the programme is part of a campaign launched by the municipal
HCYU, the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnamese Students’ Association of
the city to expand areas free from COVID-19.
In Phu Nhuan district, the organising board will hand over
500 books to residents in locked down areas.
In concentrated quarantine facilities, residents could
register for free e-book reading for three months and listen to 2,000 audio
books during 30 days.
Up to 1,000 free vouchers for film watching on Galaxy Play
app will also be given.
Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Ho Chi Minh City
General Publishing House Dinh Thi Thanh Thuy said the programme is expected to
spread reading culture in the community. Following Phu Nhuan district, it will
come to District 5./.