Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in Bac Ninh province in 2024 opens

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (3rd from the right) and delegates visit the book display booths.

Delegates at the opening ceremony were Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Colonel Nghiem Dinh Trung, Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; leaders of departments, branches, sectors, localities and a large number of teachers and students in Bac Ninh city.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (7th from left) and delegates cut the ribbon to open the Provincial Book and Reading Culture Day.

The 3rd Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in Bac Ninh province in 2024 with the theme "Good books need readers" is one of the important activities to honor the value, affirm the role and importance of books in social life, and encourage as well as develop the reading movement in the community. At the same time, it is also a place to honor readers, creators, publishers, printing, distribution, libraries, storage, collection, promotion of books, organizations and individuals who have contributed to literary development in the community; create an environment for exchange, cooperation and development in the field of publishing and book distribution, thereby, introducing and promoting Bac Ninh – Kinh Bac’s image of people and its historical traditions and cultural values to readers inside and outside the province.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (2nd from the right) visits the technology booth at Book Day.

The Provincial Book and Reading Culture Day attracted about 40 booths displaying and introducing books from nearly 20 bookstores, book publishing companies and publishers with over 100,000 books and nearly 2 million copies of books registered for display.

Director of the Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Trung Hien (4th from the right) and Deputy Chief of the Office of the Provincial People's Committee Ngo Van Luyen (3rd from the left) award Certificates to units and bookstores.

The main activities in the 3 days of the 3^rd Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in Bac Ninh province in 2024 included opening ceremony to launch the reading movement; displaying and introducing books; donating books; free reading service; interacting with speakers, authors and readers; Music shows, art performances, folk games...

Students come to learn and choose books.

On this occasion, the Organizing Committee awarded Certificates to units and bookstores participating in the book display, contributing to the development of reading culture in the province.