Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025 held from April 15 to May 2

As planned, activities of the fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day will be held nationwide from April 15 to May 2. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 17 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism presides over and coordinates with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, the Vietnam Publishing Association and localities to organize the opening ceremony of the fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day. Central ministries, branches, associations and mass organizations develop plans to implement activities in accordance with the functions, tasks of agencies, units and practical requirements.

Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025 will have many activities contributing to developing reading culture. Source: BVHTTDL

Specifically, the Ministry of Education and Training organizes activities in the system of schools, academies, and training facilities. The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of National Defense organize activities in the security and defense forces.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union organizes activities within the system of Youth Union organizations and the Vietnam Youth Federation. The Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor organize activities within the system of Union/Trade Union organizations at all levels.

Localities deploy organization plans associated with political tasks and major holidays in 2025 in the locality; assign the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism/Department of Culture and Sports to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and sectors to organize welcoming activities, focusing on the public library system, increase the operation of mobile library cars, propaganda vehicles to serve reading and promote reading culture in remote areas, areas with difficult conditions, etc.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism requests agencies and units to pay attention to and organize Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025 with activities to promote and introduce books, tell stories and imitate books, draw pictures based on books, arrange books artistically, exchange and discuss books and reading culture, honor readers, creators, librarians, preserve, collect, promote books and contribute to the development of reading culture.

Organize spaces to introduce books of publishers, distributors, book signing, donations, support and gift books, exchange old books for new books; organize reading promotion activities, guide reading methods and skills, develop skills in searching, exploiting and using information.

In addition, agencies and units organize seminars, discussions, and knowledge exchanges on reading trends, share information on how to use new technology and electronic reading platforms to encourage reading, such as: digital reading trends, audio books, interactive books and new technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality...; organize online book clubs, create online reading groups to discuss works through online platforms such as Zoom, Skype, Google Meet.

Some messages of Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2025 include: "Reading culture - Connecting the community", "Entering the era of national growth with books", "Reading books - enriching knowledge, nurturing aspirations, promoting innovation and creativity".

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