Brussels (VNA) – Diners at the "Hanoi Station" restaurant located at the Cameleon shopping mall in Brussels can exploreliterary works of Vietnam while enjoying its special dishes.
The restaurant also serves up bilingual books inVietnamese and French/English, as part of a project aiming to set up bookcasesin Vietnamese restaurants, jointly launched by Youtube channel Viet HappinessStation and the General Association of Vietnamese in Belgium (GAVB).
More than 300 book titles of different genres there have attracted the attention of Vietnamese of different generations,and made topics for their discussions.
75-year-old Le Van Vong said such books help him andothers who have spent dozens of years abroad consolidate their Vietnameselanguage and improve their knowledge, stressing the project also brings people closer.
Kieu Bich Huong,who initiated the project, said there will be other activities within theproject allowing Vietnamese culture lovers to borrow books and engage in exchangeswith Vietnamese writers and poets.
The Hanoi Station bookcase is the second under theproject, following the first at Pho Sure restaurant in Ostende city, formedwith the support from Kim Dong Publishing House, Phu nu (Women) PublishingHouse, Dong A Books JSC, the GAVB, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium, andother individuals./.
The restaurant also serves up bilingual books inVietnamese and French/English, as part of a project aiming to set up bookcasesin Vietnamese restaurants, jointly launched by Youtube channel Viet HappinessStation and the General Association of Vietnamese in Belgium (GAVB).
More than 300 book titles of different genres there have attracted the attention of Vietnamese of different generations,and made topics for their discussions.
75-year-old Le Van Vong said such books help him andothers who have spent dozens of years abroad consolidate their Vietnameselanguage and improve their knowledge, stressing the project also brings people closer.
Kieu Bich Huong,who initiated the project, said there will be other activities within theproject allowing Vietnamese culture lovers to borrow books and engage in exchangeswith Vietnamese writers and poets.
The Hanoi Station bookcase is the second under theproject, following the first at Pho Sure restaurant in Ostende city, formedwith the support from Kim Dong Publishing House, Phu nu (Women) PublishingHouse, Dong A Books JSC, the GAVB, and the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium, andother individuals./.
VNA