Vietnam Book Day attracts thousands of book lovers

The fourth Vietnam Book Day – 2017, entitled, ‘Book and Development of community knowledge’, officially kicked off on April 6 at Thong Nhat Part in Hanoi.

With three years of organisation, Vietnam Book Day has contributed to building a healthy and useful cultural space for readers as well as creating a closer connection between books and book lovers, apart from promoting a culture of reading among the community.

The ribbon cutting ceremony at the the fourth Vietnam Book Day

The programme features around 100 booths of 80 publishing houses and companies from across the country selling around 40,000 book titles.

Several publishing houses and companies offer discounts between 10% and 60% for many publications.

The delegates who attended the opening ceremony, browse through books at the booths.

A book stall of Tien Phong Book Store features a range of literary classics.

The festival attracted a large number of book lovers, particularly young people, on the opening day

(Source: NDO)