One of the major events held in HCM City to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year), an open-air book fair, will be held from February 7-13 on three downtown streets.
The fair will present publications of local major publishing houses and libraries.
Called Sach va 54 Dan Toc (Books and 54 Ethnic Groups), the fair is organised by the city's Department of Information and Communications.
Vo Van Long, deputy director of the department, said this year's fair would highlight rare books, images and documents on Viet Nam's 54 ethnic groups as well as its seas and islands.
The event will display 223 book titles and images on culture, costumes, landscapes and historical relics on ethnic groups, as well as 207 book titles and documents on seas and islands provided by the National Border Committee and the General Science Library.
Twelve domestic publishing houses, distributors and libraries will present 20,000 copies on economics, culture, literature and many other subjects.
Children's books and electronic books are expected to be a huge draw this year.
An exhibition called Sach Thieu Nhi Xua – Nay (Children's Books in Past and Present) will showcase 94 titles published from the 1940s, including the first edition of To Hoai's De Men Phieu Luu Ky (Adventures of a Cricket) by Tan Dan Publishing House in 1942 and Nam Cao's Nguoi Tho Ren (Blacksmith) by Cong Luc Publishing House the same year.
A mobile library for visually impaired people, a game zone for children, and a cafeteria will also be set up at the fair.
The fair will take place on Mac Thi Buoi, Nguyen Hue and Ngo Duc Ke streets.
Source: VNS
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