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A young painter has released a book telling stories about water puppetry as well as the career of artisans and artists of this traditional art.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) on January 17 launched a programme to grant social insurance books and health insurance cards, along with gifts, to poor people nationwide, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

A book featuring the Vietnam-Thailand enhanced strategic partnership was released at a ceremony in Bangkok on January 14.

Two touching photo books inspired by photographer Nguyen A’s love of life, have been introduced recently in Hanoi.

Vietnam aims to strengthen the application of digital technology in publishing activities to increase the provision and popolarisation of knowledge, improving people’s literacy, boosting cultural growth and implementing national development orientations, according to a recently approved national book programme in the 2022-2026 period.

The Dong A Books Joint Stock Company, one of Vietnam’s leading book publishers and distributors, has released a new book to celebrate the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in the Year of the Tiger.

Some 100 architectural works in Hanoi are named in an upcoming Japanese book highlighting modern architecture in Southeast Asia.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum’s chapter in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17 held a press conference to give the public insights into a freshly published book on the late President Ho Chi Minh’s national salvation journey.

A nearly 1,000-page book has been published featuring the journey seeking ways for national salvation of President Ho Chi Minh, known in those days as Nguyen Tat Thanh, said Dr. Vu Manh Ha, Director of the Ho Chi Minh Museum, on December 16.

Vietnam, though rich in biodiversity with a large number of precious, rare and endemic species, has seen a decline in the number of many rare species, requiring the country to work hard to preserve and protect them against risk of extinction.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) co-hosted "Meet Europe 2021: EU-Vietnam Partnership Post-COVID-19", a major business-to-government event, in Hanoi on November 25 with an aim to strengthen ties between Vietnamese localities and European agencies and partners in fields of shared concern.

A series of cultural activities to celebrate Vietnam Teachers’ Day on November 20 are being held at the Ho Chi Minh City Book Pedestrian Street in District 1 until November 28.

A book titled “Quoc trieu chanh bien toat yeu” (An abridged version of the Nguyen dynastic annals) compiled by the Nguyen Dynasty’s Institute for National History has made debut in a new look.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and the Truth National Political Publishing House on November 16 introduced a book featuring Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s article on several theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam.

“Chang hoang da-Gau” (Saving Sorya, Chang and The Sun Bear), an art book about wildlife by writer Trang Nguyen and painter Jeet Zdung, is one of the two books winning the A prize of the 2021 National Book Award.

The Embassy of Vietnam hosted a talk on “Ancestor worship and Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam’s traditional New Year)” in both virtual and in-person forms on November 10 as part of the 17th International Book Fair of Venezuela (FILVEN 2021).

The National Book Award 2021 saw the participation of more books than the previous year with increased quality, especially in the categories of children's books and monographs.

An award ceremony of the online book introduction contest “The Book I Love” was held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on November 10, with 56 excellent entries receiving certificates from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Venezuela held a seminar on the Vietnamese publishing industry’s outstanding features in both virtually and in-person forms on November 9 as part of the 17th Venezuela International Book Fair (FILVEN 2021).

“Hai Phong History” – the largest-ever book series about the history of the northern port city of Hai Phong was introduced by the city Department of Science and Technology at a conference on November 9.