Libraries join global event to encourage reading
The Book Reading Festival - Integration and Development was held recently in Hanoi.
The festival, organised locally by the Vietnam National Library, various publishers, the Military Library, the Spanish Embassy in Vietnam and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, has been held annually all over the world on April 23 since 1995.
The event aims at encouraging people to read, especially youngsters.
The event is also an opportunity to pay homage to authors and teachers, and to encourage intellectual property right protection, both nationally and internationally.
The Book Reading Festival calls on the public to donate books to libraries in rural and poor communities.
The national library also took the time to host a seminar on Spanish culture.
Source Nhan Dan