Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi

‘Bookworm’ at 44 Chau Long street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, is now home to more than 30,000 book titles in foreign languages.
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 1Despite being re-located several times, the bookstore has become a favourite destination for foreign and domestic readers (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 2‘Bookworm’ boasts several rooms with well-organised shelves full of all genres and types of books, from novels to books on politics, economics, arts and culture (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 3Books displayed at the bookstore are mostly old books in English and French (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 4The bookstore boasts a special corner for books introducing Vietnam (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 5Books on Vietnamese culture (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 6Readers here always treasure books and repair any damaged ones (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 7The bookstore opened in Hanoi in August 2001 by Australian author Pam Scott and then was bought back by Hoang Van Truong, a Vietnamese avid reader, in 2006.
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 8Expat readers often visit ‘Bookworm’ to indulge their passion for reading when in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 9‘Bookworm’ is home to over 30,000 book titles (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 10Anyone can find something among a huge number of books at the bookstore (Photo: VNA)
Venue for foreign bookworms in Hanoi ảnh 11‘Bookworm’ is also a venue for exchanging new and old foreign books (Photo: VNA)
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