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Hanoi aims to become literary hub by 2030

Hanoi People's Committee has issued the plan for the literary development in the city to 2025 with a view to 2030.

Online bookstores cut prices amid COVID-19 epidemic

Book lovers have been offered opportunities to buy their favourites at surprisingly low prices on online bookstores at a time when traditional bookshops have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

 

Booker judges try to have it both ways

Awarding joint prize to Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo feels like a fudge

American writer settles down in Vietnam after travelling to 70 countries

As the son of diplomats, American novelist Alexander Yates has travelled to 70 countries around the world.

Translators bring books to new readers

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese and French experts this week joined an international conference focusing on literature translation.

Library brings books to poor rural area

 VietNamNet Bridge – Determined to help others despite her disability, Tran Thuy Nga opened a library for poor students.

Light entertainment genre thriving in Vietnam literature

 VietNamNet Bridge - Entertaining literary works are dominating the market and attracting more young writers.

Laptops will replace books at school?

 VietNamNet Bridge – While technology experts believe that computers will replace students’ books at school, educators keep doubtful about the prediction.

Public schools forbidden from charging ‘extra' fees

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training (DoET) has stated that public schools in the city can not collect any other fees besides ones that are clearly regulated, in a bid to put an end to overcharging.

Books bring joy to the lives of poor kids

VietNamNet Bridge – When the 10-year-old son of Nguyen Luong Nhuan overheard that his father was preparing to go to the library to receive new books, he quickly got out of bed and asked Nhuan if he could join him.

Colourful comics lure kids from bland books

VietNamNet Bridge – Summer time, when children have more time to relax, is when many parents think about how to raise their children's cultural life. Reading books is a common choice, but it is not easy to find the valuable books

Travel guide books confiscated for violating Vietnam's sovereignty

 Nearly 100 travel guide books of a Chinese passenger were confiscated at the Da Nang International Airport because the books have the Vietnam map without Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagoes.