This message is responded to through vibrant and widespread activities across the country that have been bringing knowledge to every citizen, accompanying each person on their development path, joining forces to transform the country strongly, reaching the regional and world level.
Readers participate in activities in response to Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day at Hanoi Book Street. Photo: Phan Anh
Read more, be smarter, be more modern
In response to the fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day, in recent days, book fairs have been bustling across the country, honoring books and promoting the development of an attractive and meaningful reading culture towards the community. In Hanoi, this year's Book and Reading Culture Day was held in many public places, schools, and libraries of districts, towns and cities in a variety of forms.
Notably, bustling and attracting thousands of readers to experience is the knowledge meeting place of the Capital - Hanoi Book Street, with a series of activities under the theme "Books expand the world of thinking" taking place from April 18 to 20. This is also an activity to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Hanoi Book Street. Here, in addition to introducing new books, publishing and distribution units also focus on serving readers with many genres of books that combine technology elements, innovation in the form of expression such as e-books, talking books, audio books, movie books, moving books, interactive books...
To honor the value of books and spread reading culture in the community, on April 18, the Hanoi Cultural Center and Library organized the opening ceremony of the fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day; launched the Hanoi City Reading Culture Ambassador contest in 2025 and especially the talk on "Books and reading culture in the era of national development"...
On April 19, readers in the capital experienced many unique reading culture activities at the National Library of Vietnam. With the theme "Each page of a book - A source of pride", the activities were organized to affirm the great role of books in enriching knowledge, nurturing the soul, and evoking pride in national history on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification. Readers visited the exhibition "The Great Victory of Spring 1975 through the pages of books" with visual and digital interactive displays; participated in book painting contests, book storytelling, game shows, reading books, and experiencing the theme of revolutionary war...
On this occasion, at the Hanoi Children's Palace, Thai Ha Book Joint Stock Company and Dinh Ti Book Joint Stock Company jointly held an attractive connecting book fair for readers. At the Youth Academy (Hanoi), Nha Nam Culture and Communication Joint Stock Company organized a vibrant 2025 Summer Book Fair.
Meanwhile, units operating on digital platforms also have many reading promotion programs, such as Waka E-Book Joint Stock Company, Fonos audiobook channel, Voiz FM... offering incentives for readers to register for membership, while also bringing good books on the application...
Stimulate the desire for innovation and creativity
Readers participate in activities in response to Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day at Hanoi Library.
The fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day carries three messages, expressing the practical value that books bring to individuals, families, communities and the country: "Reading culture - Connecting communities", "Entering the era of national growth with books", "Reading books - enriching knowledge, nurturing aspirations, promoting innovation and creativity".
Joining his family in reading culture activities in recent days, Mr. Nguyen Van Toan (Thanh Xuan district) shared: "Each location gives us different experiences, from pride in national traditions through the pages of books to joy when accessing new knowledge with modern, convenient reading forms. Reading becomes interesting, helping people expand their knowledge". Bui Khanh Phuong, a student of Nam Tu Liem Secondary School, Hanoi City Reading Culture Ambassador in 2024, shared that thanks to reading culture development activities and the Reading Culture Ambassador contest, the young generation has had the opportunity to access good books, discover the profound values in each book, thereby adding a solid foundation for the future.
Sharing the same view, Director of the Hanoi Cultural and Library Center (Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports) Tran Tuan Anh commented that in recent years, developing a reading culture has become the capital's cultural strategy, mobilizing the participation of not only the publishing, distribution, and library sectors but also all levels, sectors, and the majority of people, creating a clear change. Reading promotion activities have stimulated each individual to proactively seek out books and apply modern reading methods. This is the foundation for building a learning society, contributing to creating the intellectual strength of the entire nation entering a new era.
Director of the Department of Publishing, Printing and Distribution (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) Nguyen Nguyen said that each year the publishing industry consumes about 550 million copies of books in all forms, always ranking among the top in Southeast Asia. The entire industry has made efforts to bring new works closer to the public, especially young people and potential readers, through promoting digital transformation of the publishing industry and many other modern media channels. This change helps to improve the effectiveness of promotion and boost revenue. Thanks to that, publishing contributes to building the image of the creative industry in Vietnam. Books become a driving force to stimulate the desire for innovation and creativity in each person and the whole nation.
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