The event will be among activities to mark the Vietnam Book Day (April 21) and the World Book and Copyright Day (April 23).

The festival aims to honour the value of books; highlight the role and significance of books to society; promote reading culture among the community, and raise public awareness of the importance of reading to enrich knowledge and skills.

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Within the event’s framework, many activities will be held, including an exhibition showcasing documents on the process of knowledge formation and development, the quintessence of humankind’s brainpower, and the linkages between knowledge from past to present and future.

An exchange between authors and readers will be organised, during which new books by painter Trang Thanh Hien and Prof. Thai Kim Lan will be introduced.

In addition, the organising board will also hold a painting competition for children on the topic of "Hanoi – City for Peace", along with a storytelling contest based on books in Vietnamese and English and a book-author recognition contest.

The board also called on organisations and individuals to donate books to support libraries in remote and poor areas.

Book street festival, flower street open in HCM City

The book street festival and the Nguyen Hue flower street celebrating the 2019 traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 2.  

 

Nearly 100,000 books displayed at 2019 Book Road Festival

Nearly 100,000 books will be put on show at the annual book road festival in Ho Chi Minh City, from February 2-8, in celebration of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2019.

 

Children book-adapted musical to premiere in HCM City

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will for the first time staged the musical ‘Diary of a Cricket’, which is based on one of the best-known Vietnamese children’s books by late writer To Hoai, at the city’s Opera House on December 29.

 

Visiting Vietnam is easier with new online booking platform

Fayfay.com, a Hong Kong-based firm seeking to provide authentic Vietnam travel experiences, presents Industry 4.0 solutions.

 

Contest promotes books about history and culture of Bac Giang city

(BGO) – On December 18, the Center of Culture and Sports coordinated with the Division of Education and Training in Bac Giang city to organize the “Book introduction and promotion” contest themed “History and Culture in Bac Giang city”. 

 

Source: VNA