Books in the flow of modern culture

Ms. Nguyen Tran Nguyet Nga (a parent of two children studying in secondary school in Long Xuyen City) confided: “Everyone knows that reading books is good, helping children develop their brains better than receiving one-way information from listening and seeing through devices. However, it must be admitted that it is difficult for adults to do a good job of setting an example for their children, because of work and entertainment needs, everyone is more "addicted" to their phones”. From another perspective, book lovers believe that daily habits are not only a choice, but also require discipline and clear goals. Amidst the hustle and bustle of the 4.0 era, people who love reading still quietly enjoy the joy of discovering knowledge at coffee shops, bookstores, old bookstores, park corners or in their own homes.

The development of science and technology, the dominance of many sources of entertainment, has caused audio-visual culture to erase the culture of reading. Young people today have access to information very quickly, and reading has also changed rapidly in terms of means and types in a lively way. However, there is no means that stimulates thinking like reading paper books. Books do not stop at providing knowledge, but also train readers in skills, emotional thinking, and language development. This is also the reason why schools promote solutions to help children love reading more.

No matter how society develops, books still do not lose their inherent traditional cultural value. In the digital transformation period, publishing, printing, and distribution also change accordingly, harmoniously combining readers' habits in choosing books, bringing books closer to the public through the digital environment. In addition to printed books, readers can choose new types of books, such as: Ebooks, audio books, video books, CD-Rom, DVD-Rom...

Students participate in responding to Book Day and Reading Culture

Director of An Giang Provincial Library Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang informed that this year, the unit organized many activities in response to Book and Reading Culture Day. For primary school students, school units coordinated with the provincial library to organize quizzes, exchanges, thematic talks, drawing competitions... to create interest in reading books and pictures. For secondary and high school students, the activities aimed at a higher purpose: Spreading awareness, sending knowledge to many people. Schools organized book exhibitions, storytelling competitions about favorite books, writing competitions about books or literary works...

In addition to the activities within the framework of Book and Reading Culture Day, in recent times, from the province to the grassroots level, there have been many solutions to bring books to readers. In order for reading to not just stop at a boring, monotonous movement, many research units have organized fun, practical and useful activities for students to participate in. A typical example is the activity model "A beautiful story, a good book, a shining example every week". With the support of the province and the mobilization of socialized funds, more and more schools have formed "Green Libraries", "Friendly Libraries", "Dream Libraries" ... in remote areas, ethnic minority areas. The green space, beautiful flowers, rich books and play corners of the library have attracted children to actively read more books.

In addition to the public library system from the province to the grassroots level, reading culture development activities are also organized in a mobile form, ensuring compliance with current trends and new requirements. In particular, the "Mobile Library" model of the Provincial Library has been maintained over the years and has rotated throughout schools in the province. This "knowledge bus" is always enthusiastically awaited by students to choose books according to their interests, age, explore interesting content... and bring joyful moments with book quizzes. Students are also guided on how to use social networks, search for documents, exploit information from the Internet to serve their studies, develop skills...

The 4th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 will take place from April 15 to May 2, 2025 nationwide, with the messages "Reading Culture - Connecting the Community", "Entering the Era of National Growth with Books", "Reading - Enriching Knowledge, Nurturing Aspirations, Promoting Innovation and Creativity". Every year, response activities are not only concentrated in provinces and cities, but have also been focused on implementing to grassroots areas, rural areas, mountainous areas, and difficult places.

MY HANH

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