Myriad activities to welcome Vietnam Book Day in Hanoi this month
A host of events are set to run in Hanoi from April 17-22 to celebrate the sixth Vietnam Book Day (April 21), Nguyen Ngoc Bao, Deputy Director of the Department of Publishing, Printing, and Issuing, told reporters on April 12.
Hanoi (VNA) – A host of events are set to run inHanoi from April 17-22 to celebrate the sixth Vietnam Book Day (April 21),Nguyen Ngoc Bao, Deputy Director of the Department of Publishing, Printing, andIssuing, told reporters on April 12.
The series will kick off with a seminar on the promotion ofreading in communities scheduled for April 17. The next day, a nationalconference will take place to review the five-year implementation of the PM’s2014 decision to designate April 21 as the Vietnam Book Day.
From April 18 to 22, a book festival will thrill book loversin the capital.
As of April 12, 90 publishing houses and distributioncompanies have registered to join the festival. They plan to run over 100stalls, launch books, and hold exchanges between authors and readers.Meanwhile, the organiser of the event will run a display of books made fromdifferent materials over time, as well as an introduction of Vietnam Book Dayactivities nationwide in years, among others.
The date will also be marked at the National Library ofVietnam and at community-based libraries across the country.
Since 2014, Vietnam has organised over 60 book festivals onan annual basis. –VNA
“Vietnam Book Day” will be celebrated on April 21 every year from this year on, as a way to honour the value of books as well as their role and importance in social life.
The Ministry of Education and Training kicked off the third Vietnam Book Day in Hanoi on April 19 in an attempt to raise public awareness of the importance of books and promote reading culture.
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
