Hai Phong Book Street 2025 - spreading reading culture, connecting community knowledge

In order to contribute to building and developing a reading culture in the community, Hai Phong Book Street 2025 is organized for the first time, promising to become a unique cultural highlight of the Port City. The event is not only a place for knowledge and culture to converge but also a space for exchange and unique experiences for people and tourists.

In Hai Phong, activities to foster a love of reading have been strongly implemented by the city, through many diverse and creative forms.

Organizing Hai Phong Book Street 2025 is a breakthrough next step, contributing to bringing reading culture closer to all classes of people, especially the young generation.

Attracting 16 booths of 15 prestigious publishers and distributors nationwide.

With a large scale and a month-long organization period, Hai Phong Book Street 2025 is expected to bring diverse experiences to people, students, and tourists inside and outside the city.

Not only a place to display and sell books, the book street is also a vibrant cultural space, where a series of attractive activities take place such as: author and reader exchanges, new book introductions, thematic discussions, creative playgrounds for children, and weekend art activities.

One of the highlights of the event is the extremely rich space for displaying and introducing books. 16 booths of 15 prestigious publishers and distributors nationwide such as Alpha Books, Fahasa, Tien Tho bookstore, Kim Dong publishing house, Thai Ha Books, Minh Long, Dan Tri, Hang Hai publishing house,... will introduce to readers nearly 10,000 books of many genres.

Images of Hai Phong city are designed and displayed on the book street.

Ms. Bui Thi Nguyet Nga, Director of Hai Phong City Museum and Library, said that the displayed book genres range from children's books, social science books, natural science books, history-geography books, literature-art books to books on thinking development, life skills, inspiration, religion, and philosophy. All are sold at preferential prices, to encourage readers to access knowledge more easily.

In particular, many famous books, loved by readers and classic works from home and abroad will be present at the event. Big names such as Lev Tolstoy (War and Peace , Anna Karenina), Victor Hugo (Les Miserables, Notre Dame de Paris), Hector Malot (Sans Famille), Jules Verne (A Thousand Leagues Under the Sea), Kuroyanagi Tetsuko (Totto-chan by the Window)... and familiar Vietnamese writers such as To Hoai (The Adventures of a Cricket), Nguyen Nhat Anh (Blue Eyes, Give Me a Ticket to Childhood), Tran Dang Khoa, Doan Gioi, Minh Niem, Thich Nhat Hanh,... will be present on the shelves at the book street.

In addition, new publications and books that are creating a storm in the community will also be introduced and sold directly, helping readers quickly access modern publishing trends.

In addition, the event also opens up opportunities for professional exchange and connection between publishers, distribution companies, authors, readers and the media. This is an opportunity for units in the publishing industry to promote their brands, share experiences, update new trends and expand cooperation domestically and internationally.

Ms. Tran Thi Hoang Mai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hai Phong city.

Ms. Tran Thi Hoang Mai, Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hai Phong City shared: “It can be said that Hai Phong Book Street 2025 is a cultural specialty that cannot be missed this April and May. A space to live slowly, to listen and to nourish the soul with books - that is the meaningful spiritual gift that the city wants to send to every citizen and tourist on this special festival occasion.

In particular, on Saturday and Sunday nights and during holidays, the book street space will become bustling with unique cultural and artistic performances, blending modernity and tradition, creating an atmosphere that is both vibrant and full of spiritual values.

Taking place from April 19 to May 20 at Kim Dong flower garden - one of the beautiful and culturally valuable locations in the city center, Hai Phong Book Street will be the opening event for a series of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Hai Phong Liberation Day (May 13, 1955 - May 13, 2025), the 2025 Red Flamboyant Festival and celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21).

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