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Numerous activities celebrate 3rd Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day

A series of activities with various messages will be organised until May 1 to celebrate the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2024, heard a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) on April 8.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A series of activities withvarious messages will be organised until May 1 to celebrate the VietnamBook and Reading Culture Day 2024, heard a press conference hosted by the Ministryof Information and Communication (MIC) on April 8.

The day will kick off at theTemple of Literature in Hanoi on April 17 and be broadcast live on the Hanoi Radio and Television Station, online on platformsof local radio and television stations, as well as on websites of some pressagencies.

In the framework of the ceremony, an exhibition of valuable book collections onthe special national historical site – the Temple of Literature, and photos and books on Vietnam's landand people on modern electronic platforms and print editions, will be held.

The event, the third of its kind, is expected to feature over 40,000 book titles of 60 publishers,publishing businesses, and technology enterprises.

Besides, seminars and book introduction events, and artperformance programmes will be held, aiming to provide readers and visitorswith a variety of experiences.

Publishing and distribution units will organise numerous promotional programmesfrom April 17 to 21 for readers both in-person and online to encourage them tobuy and read books.

The Authority of Publication, Printing and Distribution in collaboration with the MIC’s Authority of Foreign Information Service, publishers, and relevant agencies will organise an online bookfair and exhibition on the national digital platform at vietnam.vn from April15 - 30 to serve Vietnamese citizens abroad and international friends.

The exhibition will showcase books on the Party and State's guidelines andpolicies, those by late President Ho Chi Minh and Party and State leaders,outstanding works and research on Vietnam's culture, arts and literature, and foreign-languagepublications released recently.

Notably, domestic and foreign readers, especiallyoverseas Vietnamese, can directly purchase books through the connection betweenthe national digital platform vietnam.vn and the online book marketplaceBooks365.vn.

According to Director of the Authority of Publication, Printing and DistributionNguyen Nguyen, to encourage and develop reading movement in the community,especially among the young, the MIC will collaborate with the CentralCommittee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion (HCYU) and the Vietnam Publishers Association (VPA) to launch a reading day among youths on April 19 at the Postsand Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT).

The annual Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day, first held in 2022, has been considered a festival for book-lovers, helping spread the valueof books as well as the reading culture in the community./.
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