More than 60,000 book titles, along with various valuable photos and documents are being introduced at a book street festival that kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.
The event aims to promote the reading culture and enrich the spiritual life of locals and visitors, Duong Anh Duc, Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, said in his opening remarks.
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At the book festival.
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A spotlight of the festival is an exhibition featuring the formation and development of DK1 Platform over the past three decades. Outstanding newspaper covers and articles are also on display, the official said.
It is noteworthy that nearly 300 valuable photos and documents capturing HCM City during the struggle for national liberation (1930-1975), and activities celebrating the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3), and the 45th anniversary of the liberation of the south and national reunification (April 30) are publicised on this occasion.
The festival will run until January 28.
Bac Giang invests in grassroots-level libraries, develops reading culture
(BGO)
- On December 7, a working delegation of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and
Tourism led by Vu Duong Thuy Nga, Director of the ministry’s Library Department,
had a fact-finding tour of Bac Giang province to evaluate the 2- year of
implementation of a project to develop reading culture in the community until
2020, with orientation toward 2030 in Bac Giang province.
Spreading spirit of poverty escape
(BGO)
- Although they still face difficulties in life, many households in Bac Giang
province have voluntarily applied for escaping poverty. These are beautiful
actions, demonstrating the will to rise by internal force and eliminating the
thought of relying on State support of each family.
Spreading green lifestyle
(BGO) – In response
to the plastic waste prevention campaign launched by Ho Chi Minh Communist
Youth Union in Bac Giang province (Youth Union), several units and local youths
have taken the first steps to restrict the usage of single use plastic. The
small action partly helps create the green lifestyle to actively protect the
environment.
Spreading green lifestyle
(BGO)
– The youth in the northern province of Bac Giang has implemented many
practical activities such as establishing team to collect and classify the
wastes, recycling the used materials to make toy for children, running the monthly
green Sunday...in response to “Plastic waste prevention” movement.
Source: VNA
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