The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh street in District 1 earned a turnover of 20 billion VND (877,000 USD) in the first six months of this year, according to the HCM City Book Street Company.
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh street in District 1 earned a turnover of 20 billion VND (877,000 USD) in the first six months of this year, according to the HCM City Book Street Company.
Nearly 386,000 books on different topics were sold.
“The street organised 11 book exhibitions and more than 100 cultural and book signing events, attracting dozens of leading domestic and foreign publishers, distributors and agencies,” said Quach Thu Nguyet, Deputy Director of the Book Street Company.
Book weeks and festivals on the street, including the book exhibition celebrating the 4th anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30), European Literature Week, and book event celebrating 20 Years of publishing Harry Potter, attracted more than 6,000 visitors per day and 10,000 per day during weekends and holidays.
“We are working with local authorities to make the street a cultural tourist destination,” said Nguyet.
The company has been working with cultural and arts associations as well as museums to launch cultural exchange programmes and exhibitions on the street.
The company has asked the city authority to maintain the long-term operation of two parking lots and build a new public toilet facility to serve the street’s visitors.
Last year, the street attracted 2.4 million visitors, earning a turnover of 50 billion VND (2.2 million USD), according to the Vietnam Publishers Association.
The book street, which opened in January 2016, features dozens of book stalls from more than 20 publishers.
The city’s Department of Culture and Sports plans to replicate the book street in the city’s Tan Phu and Thu Duc districts, where the target audience will be students and young migrant labourers.-VNS/VNA
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The third European Book Days officially opened on Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13, featuring a myriad of activities attractive to local young people.
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Nearly 386,000 books were sold at Ho Chi Minh City’s Duong Sach (or Book Street) in the first half of this year, bringing a revenue of 20 billion VND (880,000 USD), up 5 percent annually.
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The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
The HCM City Book Street(Photo: VNA) 
