The central city of Đà Nẵng will start construction of a first public book park for the community in An Hoà living quarters in Sơn Trà peninsula in May.
The 2015 Christmas Book Fair, organised by Nha Nam Culture and
Communications Company in co-operation with 17 publishers, will begin in
HCM City tomorrow.
Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau will release his latest book Oscar and the Lady in Pink, which he translated from the novel by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt on Saturday.
Four young writers have been nominated for best male and female writers
of the year in the online Tiki Book Awards 2015, an annual event
launched by one of the country''s leading online bookstores, Tiki.vn.
The World Records Union has released the official certificate announcing
the new world record for Vietnamese talented poet Nguyen Du''s Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), according to the Viet Nam Book of Records.
The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) proposed the Guinness world record to Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) in terms of a literature work with the maximum national records.
More than 20,000 books, probably more than 100 years old, are on display
at HCM City''s Youth Cultural House during the Old Book Festival 2015,
which opens until tomorrow.
More than 20,000 books, probably more than 100 years old, will be
exhibited at HCM City''s Youth Cultural House during the Old Book
Festival 2015 from November 6 to 8.
The HCM City Book Distribution JSC (Fahasa) yesterday launched the
English-language book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney as
well as the Oxford Advanced Learner''s Dictionary.
A Vietnamese children''s book, entitled Cuoc Hanh Trinh Dau Tien (The First Journey), by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien has won Scholastic Picture Book Award''s Grand Prize 2015.
The screening of Vietnamese documentary Cuoc Doi Sau Trang Sach will
launch the Sunday Docs programme of documentary screenings at the French
Cultural Centre in Ha Noi.