Focus on developing reading culture

Traditional books still appeal to all ages

Meaning of response activities

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just issued a plan to organize the fourth Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025. Accordingly, response activities will take place from April 15 to May 2 nationwide. The implementation of activities for Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 is associated with the implementation of political tasks and major holidays in 2025 of the country, sectors and localities; promoting the value of books and reading culture in the community; determining the responsibilities of all levels, sectors and localities for developing reading culture.

In the joyful atmosphere of the whole country, practically celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), responding to Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21), World Book and Copyright Day (April 23) this year, some localities in the province organized a contest to promote and introduce books in 2025.

At the provincial level, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently coordinated with the Provincial Women's Union, the Provincial Labor Federation and the Provincial Youth Union to organize a book promotion and introduction contest with the theme "50 years of the country blooming" with 9 competing teams from 9 districts and cities in the province. Mr. Le Van Thai, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that this year's contest has a special meaning to review the glorious tradition of the nation with the great victory in the spring of 1975. Thereby, arousing national pride, the values ​​of independence, freedom and honoring the outstanding achievements in economics, politics, culture - society, national defense - security of the country and Binh Duong province in 50 years of construction, innovation and development.

In particular, this year's contestants are more diverse than previous contests. Each contest team is formed with many members, from officials, civil servants, employees to students, youth union members, women's union members, and workers, thereby creating a healthy and intellectual playground. With the theme "50 years of the country blooming", participating in the contest, the contestants brought to the audience and listeners a very heroic historical atmosphere through many new and unique works.

In addition to the book content, the teams also expressed their feelings about the development of the country and locality after 50 years of unification and innovation. Through 3 rounds, including: Introducing the team, introducing the book and competing in reading skills, the teams have excellently demonstrated their ability to promote, introduce books and reading skills, read quickly, remember for a long time and answer the questions of the round impressively and convincingly. "Through this contest, the organizers hope that each contestant will be an active propagandist to encourage everyone to read books, spread the spirit of reading in the community, promote the good traditional values, the heroic history of our nation in the struggle to protect the country and the achievements of our nation after 50 years of the Liberation of the South and national reunification, thereby contributing to the development of reading culture, building a learning society in Binh Duong province", said Mr. Le Van Thai.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hue, Director of the Provincial Library, said that in the series of activities responding to the Vietnamese Book and Reading Culture Day this year, in addition to the book promotion and introduction contest that took place, the Provincial Library also had activities such as: Displaying and exhibiting good books and new books. Organizing seminars on reading culture. Circulating books to serve readers at the commune cultural post offices in the province, schools, reform centers, and detention camps in the province. Binh Duong Provincial Library is currently a member of the Library Association of the Southeast and South Central provinces. Therefore, this time, the Provincial Library also organized a mobile book cart at the facility in Dong Nai province.

Teams competing at the Provincial Book Promotion and Introduction Contest 2025

Focus on developing reading culture

Mr. Tran Van Duc, teacher of Tran Van On Primary School (Ben Cat City), shared that in recent times, the movement to develop reading culture in localities and units in the province has flourished and achieved some encouraging results, especially in the public library system. Libraries have promoted the building of habits, equipped with reading skills and methods for users; encouraged and developed the reading movement in the community. In addition to activities serving books to readers on-site, bringing books to readers in the province in mobile book service programs, every year, the Provincial Library also focuses on organizing activities to celebrate the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hue, Director of the Provincial Library, said that the current reading culture is greatly affected by technology and social networks. The Provincial Library has changed to adapt to the new trend. In addition to traditional reading, the library also has activities to promote and introduce books to a large number of readers such as: Organizing book-related competitions, applying information technology to library activities. The Provincial Library has applied YouTube, Zalo... to promote and introduce new books, good books; organize competitions such as: Reading Culture Ambassador; promote and introduce books...

“As someone who directly works in the library, in recent times, we have implemented and coordinated many activities to contribute to positive changes in the community's awareness of books, develop a reading culture, and build a learning society in the community,” said Mr. Nguyen Van Hue.

Currently, the Provincial Library is preserving about 600,000 copies of books. Over the past time, the Provincial Library has been changing, updating and supplementing electronic resources to meet the increasing needs of readers. Up to now, the Provincial Library has digitized over 20,000 pages of documents on Binh Duong geography; purchased access rights to about 2 million electronic documents and purchased copyrights for over 2,000 audiobooks to serve the library's readers.

HONG THUAN

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