Bac Ninh (VNA) – The Vietnam Book andReading Culture Day opened in Bac Ninh city of the northern province of the same name on April 12.
Director of the provincial Information andCommunications department Nguyen Trung Hieu emphasized that the event, under theme “Good books need readers”, honours the value of books and aims to develop a substantial readingmovement in the community. Besides, it is a rendezvous for bookpublishers and readers to meet and exchange ideas in the field of publishing anddistribution.
The three-day event attracts the participation of 40booths with 100,000 book titles and nearly 2 million copies registered to displayat the event.
Event-goers will also have a chance to take part in severalactivities such as book giving, talks, book exchanges with famous speakers, artperformances, and folk games.
On the same day, the BacNinh Book and Reading Culture Day was also launched./.