Attending the conference were delegations from member countries of the ASEAN Book Publishers Association (ABPA); representatives of domestic agencies and units such as the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Publishing Association, and the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City.
The conference takes place from 8am on September 15 at the Ho Chi Minh City Press Center.
The conference is a forum for ABPA members to review the current situation, exchange experiences, and propose solutions to enhance cooperation in the regional publishing sector, especially in the context of digital transformation and increasingly deep international integration.
The conference will focus on the following topics: Reviewing the current status of the publishing industry in member countries; Discussing proposals to promote intra-bloc cooperation, enhancing exchanges, understanding, and copyright transactions between member countries; Discussing and deciding which country will assume the role of ABPA rotating chairman for the 2024-2025 term.
"After reviewing the publishing situation of each country in the past year, delegates will contribute ideas to strengthen current activities and further promote the role of the association in the region and internationally," Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Minh Tuan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief in charge of Communist Magazine, Chairman of the Vietnam Publishing Association, and rotating Chairman of ABPA, emphasized.
In 2023, Vietnam will host the Annual Conference of the Executive Board of the Southeast Asian Publishing Association (Illustration photo: Nha Nam).
On the sidelines of the conference, the Vietnam Publishing Association will organize an international scientific conference "Protecting book copyright in cyberspace" at 2:00 p.m. on September 15 at the Ho Chi Minh City Press Center hall.
The workshop is a forum for scientists, policy makers, managers, and publishing units in Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries to exchange experiences and solutions to enhance the effectiveness of book copyright protection in the context of digital transformation and international integration in the publishing sector.
The workshop will focus on the following topics: Identifying copyright infringements on digital platforms; Current status of copyright protection for books on digital platforms in Vietnam and Southeast Asian countries; Experience and proposed solutions for copyright protection for books on digital platforms in Southeast Asian countries.
"The Organizing Committee hopes that member countries will have a joint statement to contribute to preventing book copyright infringement in general and in cyberspace in particular," said Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Minh Tuan.
In addition, to celebrate the conference, Ho Chi Minh City Book Street coordinated with publishers to organize a book exhibition about President Ho Chi Minh and other Party and State leaders from September 14 to 16.
The exhibition displays about 100 Vietnamese, foreign and bilingual books, divided into 3 clusters: Ho Chi Minh Book Space; books by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong translated into 7 languages; books by Party and State leaders.
The exhibition opening ceremony will take place at 10am on September 15 at stage A, Ho Chi Minh City Book Street.
In addition, ABPA members also participated in other sideline activities to better understand Vietnamese culture and publishing such as: Visiting Ben Nha Rong relic, Ho Chi Minh City Book Street, Phuong Nam and Fahasa bookstore systems...
The Southeast Asian Publishers Association (ABPA) is a friendly, cooperative, sharing and experience-exchanging community of Southeast Asian publishers and industry partners.
Vietnam Publishing Association is a co-founding member of ABPA in 2005.
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