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| Students choose and buy books at the Phu Yen Provincial Book Fair in 2024. Photo: VIET AN |
It must be said that books are a great invention, a miraculous product, an effective means of transmitting thoughts, feelings, meanings, and experiences from one generation to another. For a long time, famous philosophers, politicians , writers, and poets have summarized the immense value of reading. The Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen said, "The wiser a person is, the more they read, and the wisest people are those who read the most." The Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle once stated, "All that man has done, thought, or become is miraculously preserved on the pages of books." And V.I. Lenin also affirmed, "Without books, there is no knowledge..."
Everyone knows that reading plays a huge role, serving as a universal key to equipping each of us with a solid foundation and expanding our understanding to reach the vast ocean of knowledge. Reading culture, in a certain sense, is our attitude and behavior towards the knowledge contained in books. However, it seems we are indifferent to books, or if we do read them, it's reluctantly. According to statistics, the average Vietnamese person reads only 4 books per year (including textbooks). This is a telling figure about the current state of reading among Vietnamese people.
The establishment of Vietnam Book Day is a necessary impetus to encourage and develop the reading movement in the community, raising people's awareness of the great value and significance of reading. This, in turn, helps people learn, improve their knowledge and skills, develop their thinking, and cultivate their morals and character.
Currently, most students, teachers, and staff turn to books for educational purposes and professional work. A few truly passionate individuals spend money buying books for collection, research, and knowledge and skill development. Some seek books for entertainment, such as reading comics or famous literary works. Others simply follow trends, buying books because they see others reading, but quickly get bored. While books are easily accessible to urban dwellers, for those in remote mountainous areas, books may be a luxury.
Currently, reading habits, especially among young people, are being severely affected by the diversity of multimedia formats. Others are impacted by busy lives and numerous other concerns. Students in schools are overwhelmed by textbooks and are therefore less interested in skill-building or reference books.
Reading is a slow process of reflection and contemplation, engaging with each word the author conveys. Through reading, people accumulate knowledge, develop manners, and learn about culture and history. To cultivate and spread a reading culture in general, and book reading in particular, each individual needs to develop a reading habit, reading skillfully and selectively, avoiding rambling and unfocused reading that leads to boredom. Forming a reading habit begins at the household level, with parents setting an example for their children, and schools and teachers promoting, disseminating, and introducing books and their importance to students, thereby fostering a passion for reading. Simultaneously, the government needs to integrate reading culture activities into extracurricular programs, providing guidance and encouragement.
The establishment of Vietnam Book Day is a necessary impetus to encourage and develop the reading movement in the community, raising people's awareness of the great value and significance of reading. This, in turn, helps people learn, improve their knowledge and skills, develop their thinking, and cultivate their morals and character.
Source: https://baophuyen.vn/van-nghe/202504/suy-ngam-ve-van-hoa-doc-hien-nay-8491ab8/
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