Bookmobiles granted to people in remote areas

ABO/VNA – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on April 18 presented bookmobiles to eight provinces across Vietnam to boost the provision of information and knowledge for people in far-flung areas.

A bookmobile (Source: VNA).

The localities include the northern provinces of Lang Son, Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh, the central province of Quang Binh, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien said that this is a practical project that contributes to developing the reading culture in the society as part of a project on the reading culture development approved by the Prime Minister.

He asked the provinces to supplement more books to these mobile libraries in order to better serve locals.

Each bookmobile is equipped with more than 4,000 books, six computers, one server, one projector, and one television. In addition, the ministry’s Library Department also called for donation to provide the mobile libraries with electronic library and document management software, and books for the disabled.

The multi-media bookmobile project has been carried out since late 2015. In October 2016, the VinGroup presented five mobile libraries to Son La, Nghe An, Quang Nam, Gia Lai and An Giang provinces.

After one year of operation, these bookmobiles served over 985,000 readers.

(Source: VNA)