‘Bookworm’ at 44 Chau Long street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, is now home to more than 30,000 book titles in foreign languages.


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Despite being re-located several times, the bookstore has become a favourite destination for foreign and domestic readers

‘Bookworm’ boasts several rooms with well-organised shelves full of all genres and types of books, from novels to books on politics, economics, arts and culture

Books displayed at the bookstore are mostly old books in English and French

The bookstore boasts a special corner for books introducing Vietnam

Books on Vietnamese culture

Readers here always treasure books and repair any damaged ones

The bookstore opened in Hanoi in August 2001 by Australian author Pam Scott and then was bought back by Hoang Van Truong, a Vietnamese avid reader, in 2006.

Expat readers often visit ‘Bookworm’ to indulge their passion for reading when in Hanoi
‘Bookworm’ is home to over 30,000 book titles
Anyone can find something among a huge number of books at the bookstore 

VNA