(NADS) - On the morning of December 22, the inauguration ceremony announced that Thu Duc City Book Street was officially put into operation and opened to readers from all over. An iconic cultural institution that creates space and services to meet the needs of many aspects in the community and contributes to spreading the culture of reading to everyone.
Future Institutions
As the investor, the Publishing Association, in coordination with the leading departments of Thu Duc City, has built Thu Duc Book Street, an outdoor cultural institution aiming at becoming a typical cultural and tourist destination of the city.
Thu Duc City Book Street project is spread over the sidewalk of Ho Thi Tu Street with a length of 190m, width of 19.6m, area of over 3,500 m2.
According to Mr. Le Hoang - Standing Member of Vietnam Publishing Association, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Book Street Company Limited, the investment value of the project for booth installation and functional spaces is 10 billion VND taken from socialized sources.
Book Street with 12 book publishing units, 22 book stalls and book cafes, 1 Ho Chi Minh cultural space, 3 stages and interactive reading culture spaces, 2 exhibition or festival activity display spaces, 3 festival community reading spaces, 3 reading spaces, light physical intellectual game community,...
Thu Duc City Book Street officially came into operation with the expectation that it will become an outdoor cultural institution, a space for culture, knowledge, education, services, spirituality, developing reading culture, literature and art. This will also be the place to organize festival events, exhibitions, and apply innovative science and technology.
Spread reading culture
The birth of Thu Duc Book Street has extended the success of Ho Chi Minh City Book Street. It is the second book street and also the first local book street of Ho Chi Minh City.
Thu Duc Book Street is the first project associated with the field of culture - publishing, part of a series of projects celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, with the orientation of enhancing reading culture and increasing the construction of book spaces and book streets in the city to help people have the opportunity to enjoy and read books.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Lam Dinh Thang - Member of the City Party Committee, Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City said: "We believe that this is not only a work of creativity but also the dedication and great efforts of those who participated in building this book street. There were many difficulties that seemed impossible to overcome, but we worked together to overcome them, and today's Thu Duc Book Street project has become a reality. Without the heart, cultural enjoyment of the people of Thu Duc City and the heart for books, this Thu Duc City Book Street could not have become a reality. We are aware that building a book street is difficult, but maintaining and developing the book street in the near future will be even more difficult, with the responsibility of being the State management agency for the publishing industry and maintaining the reading culture of the city. We all hope that Thu Duc City Book Street will become a new cultural highlight, a space to spread knowledge through books, contributing to improving the spiritual life of the people of Thu Duc City. spirit, contributing to improving reading culture, improving the knowledge of people in the eastern area of Thu Duc City."
The birth of Thu Duc City Book Street not only brings expectations and attracts the interest and participation of everyone, but also brings great joy to the people living on Ho Thi Tu Street, next to the book street.
Ms. Phan Hong Thuy, a resident on Ho Thi Tu Street, expressed: " I, as well as the residents on Ho Thi Tu Street, am really happy and excited about the birth of Thu Duc City Book Street. We also hope that the book street, when put into operation, will bring many practical activities and join the development of Ho Chi Minh City. Thank you to the leaders of the book street for bringing a project to give students, students and people like us such a wonderful reading culture space."
After the inauguration ceremony, the Week to welcome Thu Duc City Book Street officially comes into operation and welcomes New Year 2024 will take place from December 22 to January 12, 2024, promising to bring many interesting and meaningful activities.
Announcing the symbol of Thu Duc City
On the same occasion, Thu Duc City announced the city's urban symbol as the sunflower mascot. Recognizing the sunflower symbol as the friendly symbol of Thu Duc City.
The design of the sunflower symbol represents the excitement, dynamism, creativity, and desire to reach new heights of Thu Duc City. At the same time, it expresses a multi-dimensional message about friendly development, positive interaction with the community, promoting green, modern, and sustainable development of Thu Duc City.
Sunflowers with bright yellow color, like a small shining sun, symbolize a generous personality and always turn towards the source of light, turning towards the East to welcome the dawn.
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