Ho Chi Minh City will roll out virtual activities in parallel with in-person ones to celebrate the upcoming 2022 New Year amid complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.
The Centre for Development of Reading Culture and Lifelong Learning, in collaboration with the Vietnam Blind Association, has launched the “Reading books together, overcoming challenges” contest to help people, especially those with disabilities and the blind, improve their awareness of the role of lifelong learning in personal and social development.
A book exhibition is being held virtually by the Hanoi Library on its website thuvienhanoi.org.vn to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).
A book entiled “Dia chi Van hoa Hue” (Hue culture chorography) has recently been debuted as the first publication of the central province of Thua Thien Hue’s bookcase project on the local cultural and tourist hub - Hue city.
Like other cultural industries, the publishing industry last year suffered from negative impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the industry targets to develop the online market.
The newly released book of journalist Vu Thi Tuyet Nhung is full of documents and feelings about Hanoi's cuisine, from familiar to elegant dishes that are almost lost.
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 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 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.
The 2020 Spring Book Street was opened in Hanoi on January 27 as part of the activities to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet).
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.
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.
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