A series of cultural and art programmes are taking place at the HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 to celebrate the street’s 5th anniversary, and promote the reading culture among the community.
The Vietnamese version of a series comprised of three children’s books penned by famous Chilean author Roberto Fuentes is slated to be introduced to the public during a ceremony held in Hanoi by the Vietnam Education Publishing House on December 15.
Nestled quietly in the small attic of the old dormitory on Dinh Le street in Hanoi, Mao Bookstore has become a familiar destination for book lovers in the capital city.
The increase in the number of published books cannot be equated with the growth of the local reading culture, experts said at a recent meeting held by the Vietnam Publishing Association with several publishers and book companies in Hanoi.
A host of activities are scheduled during the 2020 Vietnam Family Festival to be held at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from June 26 – 28.
A first-ever online book fair will be held from April 19 to May 20 in celebration of the seventh Vietnam Book Day, which falls on April 21 each year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 60,000 book titles, along with various valuable photos and documents are being introduced at a book street festival that kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on November 14 handed over 500 books to the Cultural Centre and Library in Kampong Speu province, aiming to encourage the country’s reading culture and human resources training.
A free library project was inaugurated in Da Nang city on October 30. It was funded by Daegu city, the Republic of Korea to mark the 15th anniversary of friendship between the two cities.
The sixth Hanoi book festival opened at the capital city’s Thang Long citadel on October 2, contributing to developing reading culture in the city in particular and the whole country in general.
During the past five years, with a love of books and determination to develop a reading model in rural communes, young people have formed a community library in the outskirts of Hanoi.
The reading encouragement week, themed “Books and the young community”, was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on April 19, on the occasion of the sixth Vietnam Book Day (April 21).
The launch of the Vietnam Book Day has contributed greatly to restoring and developing the reading culture. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam made this remark at a national conference on April 18 revie
The birth of Vietnam Book Day demonstrates the timely attention as well as the vision of the Party and Government to promote the reading culture in Vietnam.
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