The Vietnam book and reading culture festival 2022 opens at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi. (Photo: Ngoc Anh)

As many as 1,000 book titles are being displayed. Meetings with writers have been arranged, along with a writing contest for young people, and a virtual book introduction contest.

Embassies of 10 Spanish-speaking countries in Vietnam presented books to the National Library of Vietnam. The Library also presented books to several schools in Hanoi and other localities nationwide.

Books on display at the festival  (Photo: Ngoc Anh)

Tran Thu Huong, a student from Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Vietnam National University, said, “It’s much more interesting to experience a face-to-face book reading event than in the virtual format. Though people benefit a great deal from technology, I still prefer reading a book, holding a book in hand to sitting in one place and reading online. Reading books gives us lots of knowledge and helps our more profound imagination.”

Entitled “Helping culture prevail and developing reading culture”, the Vietnam book and reading culture festival 2022, the first of its kind,  is taking place in major cities from Friday until May 1^st.