From early morning, many leaders, representatives of departments and agencies of Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City, people, representatives of booths of publishing houses and book companies came to attend the inauguration ceremony of Thu Duc City Book Street.
Leaders and representatives of departments and branches attended and introduced the Ho Chi Minh City cultural space at Thu Duc City Book Street before the official ceremony of inaugurating the book street, including Mr. Huynh Dam, former member of the Party Central Committee; Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai, former Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Mr. Cao Thanh Binh, Head of the Department of Culture and Society, Ho Chi Minh City People's Council; Mr. Pham Tuan Vu, Deputy Director of the Department of Publishing, Printing and Distribution; Mr. Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the Department of Information and Communications; Mr. Le Hoang, Vice President of the Vietnam Publishing Association, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Book Street Company... On the side of the family of Heroic Vietnamese Mother Ho Thi Tu, there was Mrs. Tran Thi Xoai, her youngest daughter, present at the inauguration of the book street.
Leaders of Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City take a photo in front of the sunflower mascot, a friendly symbol of Thu Duc City.
Photo exhibition at Ho Chi Minh cultural space at Thu Duc City Book Street
Many people came to visit Thu Duc City Book Street on the opening day.
Mr. Le Hoang, Vice President of Vietnam Publishing Association, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Book Street Company, said that the funding source for building Thu Duc City Book Street is 10 billion VND, coming from socialized sources. After 1 and a half years of "conception" and 1 year of construction, Thu Duc City Book Street has now come into operation with a beautiful appearance, contributing to beautifying the landscape and culture of Thu Duc City in particular and Ho Chi Minh City in general.
There are 22 book stalls in operation at the book street. Besides the book business space, there is a Ho Chi Minh cultural space, a reading culture space, a used book space, and a space for experiencing intellectual games for children and families.
Very large parking lot
A big "plus" of Thu Duc City Book Street is that it has a very large parking lot, which can accommodate cars, located behind the book street (parallel to Ho Thi Tu street). From here, people can directly enter the book street, on both sides of the gate are book stalls, entertainment spaces...
Ba Tan Old Books, where "bookworms" come to, opens at Thu Duc City Book Street
Thu Duc City Book Street, as the model announced earlier, is inspired by the river culture of the Southern region, so the landscape is very beautiful, friendly with lots of trees. Compared to Ho Chi Minh City Book Street located on Nguyen Van Binh Street (District 1), the scale of Thu Duc City Book Street is much larger, and the function is equally diverse when this place will be the place for cultural and artistic exchange programs in the future...
A week before the inauguration of the book street, the construction team rushed to complete the final stages at Thu Duc City Book Street to prepare for the launch. The length of the book street is more than 190 meters, with a total area of more than 3,500 m2 . Previously, the People's Committee of Thu Duc City said that the establishment of the book street was highly supported by local people.
The beginning of Ho Thi Tu Street, entrance to Thu Duc City Book Street
Parents, students, Union members... attended the inauguration ceremony of Thu Duc City Book Street
Book cafe model opens at Thu Duc City Book Street
Among the many stalls that opened on the morning of December 22 at the book street, there is SBOOKS, invested in the book cafe model. The SBOOKS stall at Thu Duc City Book Street has an area of 40 square meters with more than 1,500 books of various genres. At Ho Chi Minh City Book Street, SBOOKS is a book stall, not invested in the book cafe model like at Thu Duc City Book Street this time.
Thu Duc City Book Street is not only expected to refresh the city's landscape but also promote the reading culture of the people, and at the same time become a tourist attraction because the location of the book street is chosen in a place with many universities, colleges, intermediate schools, high schools, middle schools and primary schools.
The Book Street will operate from 9am to 10pm every day. On today's inauguration day, the book street will open from 7:30am. The opening week of Thu Duc City Book Street will take place from December 22, 2023 to January 1, 2024 with many exciting activities, and is also a time for people to welcome the new year.
The sunflower mascot is placed behind the book street sign at the beginning of Ho Thi Tu Street (intersection with Le Van Viet Street). Inside the book street, there are two stone slabs engraved with the biography of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Ho Thi Tu and a quote from President Ho Chi Minh.
Perspective of Thu Duc City Book Street from above
From today until the end of December, Thu Duc City People's Committee organizes many cultural activities at Thu Duc City Book Street.
This morning, December 22, the inauguration ceremony of the book street and the launch of Ho Chi Minh cultural space took place.
Tomorrow, December 23, there will be an exchange session on "Changes between reading and listening culture of young readers in the trend of digital transformation"; an exchange with writer Nhat Chieu and translator Que Son on the topic "Life experiences in the works of Kawabata Yasunari". The exchange space has been fully prepared.
On December 24, meet writer Gia Bao and talk about the friendship story in Soai ca Meo Mai Ngoi and Nong farm Hoa Dau Biec .
On December 25, an exchange with journalist Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hai about the work Pham Xuan An - A person's name like life .
December 26, exchange with author Tran Dinh Viet, author of Uncle Ho's Compassion .
On December 27-28, there will be activities for students and teachers...
December 29, exchange with the translator of the book Lifelong Learning .
On December 30, presentation on the topic "Love poems in six-eight meter and haiku of three East Asian countries (Vietnam, China, Japan)", learning about the folk culture of Vietnam - Japan - China.
December 31, acoustic music exchange with the theme "Welcome New Year".
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