According to Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, harmoniously combining three factors: Politics, economy, and culture is the key to leading the publishing industry to success. Photo: Le Anh Dung

We are in the ancient space of the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam, the place that used to be the place to train scholars and talents of the country, the place that symbolizes the spirit of "respecting teachers, valuing education, loving letters, and cherishing books" of the national tradition.

Eastern University Scholar Than Nhan Trung wrote: "Talented people are the vital energy of a nation. When the vital energy is strong, the nation is strong and prosperous. When the vital energy is weak, the nation is weak and declining."

President Ho Chi Minh said: “Knowledge is the precious capital of the nation. In other countries, it is even more so in Vietnam”; He also affirmed: “Vietnamese intellectuals have a national mind and a revolutionary mind. Because they also have a national mind and because they are educated, they can read books, know democracy, know revolutionary history, and easily absorb the revolutionary spirit".

The old teachings are still there. If we want a stable society and a strong country, we must take care of the people's knowledge and develop the intellectual team. In this work, books and reading play an important role because as long as there are books, there is knowledge . The mission of publishing is still to create, store, accumulate and disseminate knowledge. However, if we want books and publishing to develop and knowledge to become the strength of the nation, many people must read books, and knowledge must spread and multiply. Reading promotion is the way to realize this requirement.

Based on the proposal of the Ministry of Information and Communications, in 2021, the Prime Minister decided to upgrade the annual Book Day on April 21 to Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day, with the goal of not only honoring book writers and publishers but more deeply, honoring readers and reviving reading culture.

Wherever the people are, reading culture develops; wherever readers are, books must go there. Photo: Tinh Le.

The four messages of this year's Book and Reading Culture Day are simple but meaningful: Good books need readers; Precious books are gifts for friends; Buy good books - give real books; Good books: Eyes read - Ears listen. Publishing has the responsibility to contribute to building the national knowledge system, developing the intellectual team, meeting the requirements of industrialization and modernization of the country.

This year, the Opening Ceremony held in Hanoi, at the Temple of Literature - Quoc Tu Giam also has a special meaning, because this is the year Hanoi celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital - an important milestone of the thousand-year-old capital, opening a new stage in the development process of a modern, peaceful city, the embodiment of human dignity. The Opening Ceremony in the Capital will start a series of activities to celebrate Book and Reading Culture Day nationwide to bring a new spirit: Where the people are, the reading culture develops there; where readers are, books must go there.

At the National Cultural Conference, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong clearly stated the objective requirements of our country's revolution: "Promoting cultural values ​​and the strength of the Vietnamese people, arousing the aspiration to develop a prosperous and prosperous country, creating the combined strength of the entire nation to take advantage of opportunities, overcome challenges, and successfully achieve the goal of making our country a developed country with a socialist orientation by the middle of the 21st century".

Following the direction of the General Secretary, in order for the publishing industry to develop strongly in the coming time, on this occasion, I suggest that units in the whole industry need to innovate more, be more creative in the spirit: Publishing is first and foremost a cultural - political field but at the same time it is also an economic sector. Politics has the support of the State; culture has the support of the people; economy has the support of the market. Harmoniously combining the three factors: Politics, economy, culture is the key to leading the publishing industry to success.

Digital transformation places new requirements on the publishing industry, which is to develop and operate simultaneously in both spaces: Old and new (offline and online). The old space with the help of digital technology will be expanded, improving quality and labor productivity. The new space will help publishing expand its market, create new products, and create new development in the long term.

To develop publishing, it is necessary to strengthen communication and promotion of books and reading culture. The Departments of Information and Communications of provinces and cities, press and media agencies, and telecommunications networks need to join hands to support and have practical activities so that communication and promotion will not only be done on this April 21st occasion but will become a regular and continuous task throughout the year, so that reading culture can spread and become an endogenous strength and a beautiful feature of Vietnamese culture.

Revival of reading culture is also revitalization of the roots of a nation . On this occasion, I would like to sincerely thank the leaders of the Party and State for their deep concern for developing reading culture as well as their leadership and direction in organizing the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in recent years.

I would like to sincerely thank the Hanoi Party Committee and People's Committee for their active support so that the Opening Ceremony and Book Festival can take place smoothly. I would like to thank the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for their close coordination with central and local agencies and units so that Book and Reading Culture Day can truly be a festival for all people across the country.

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