HCM City (VNA) – More than a million people flocked to the seven-day bookꦚ festival in Hꦺo Chi Minh City that ended on the night of March 27.
According to the organising board, the number of visitors increased 20 percent from last year’s event. In one week, they brought in more than 50 billion VND (2.25 million USD) for participating publishers and distributors, an annual rise of 30 percent.
Enterprises with leading revenue recorded after the event include Fahasa, Tiki, Vina Book, Nha Nam and Youth Publishing House.
The festival featured 710 stalls, 36 of which were run by foreign publishers. There were 30 million copies of 300,000 book titles on display.
Truong Van Hien, head of the organisation board, said the event, organised annually for the last nine years, is drawing the more and more interest from businesses in the local book industry not just for sales, but also for promotion and partnerships.-VNA
Ham Nghi street in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on February 16 well turned out to be a flower street on the theme “Vietnamese Identity-Vietnamese Spirit” to greet the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) which is around the corner.
Thousands people of all ages flocked to Thang Long Imperial Citadel on September 29 to enjoy the 2015 Hanoi Book Festival which featured 167 booths with over 20,000 books of various genres on display.
The 2015 Book Festival themed "Books and Heritage" opened in Thang Long royal citadel in Hanoi on September 29 to mark the 61st anniversary of the capital city's Liberation Day (October 10).
Ho Chi Minh City’s ninth Book Festival will take place at Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21 to 27, bringing together about 200 domestic and overseas publishers.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The event served as a vibrant display of solidarity, promoting peace, cooperation, and development through cultural dialogue, and reaffirmed HCM City's role as a dynamic hub for cultural diplomacy and international friendship.
The Indian Film Festival not only honours the artistic value of cinema but also contributes to strengthening the friendship and enhancing cultural exchange between the people of Son La in particular and Vietnam in general and India.
An art exchange programme between Vietnam and Cambodia was held on the evening of June 13 in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long as part of the 2025 Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam.
Digitalisation does not mean commercialisation or oversimplification of culture. It is a way of selecting, adapting, and spreading traditional values through a modern language.
The 11th edition is expected to serve as a vital channel for conveying Vietnam’s development message to the international community, and represent a milestone in the implementation of the Politburo’s Conclusion No. 57 on continuing to improve the quality and efficiency of external information service in the new situation.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
