General Publishing News Today

HCM City is launching a series of activities at the Book Street and Paris Square in District 1 to celebrate Việt Nam Book and Reading Cultural Day (April 21) until April 22.

HCM City and other provinces are organising numerous activities to encourage and firm up reading habits, especially among children and young people.

More than 16,000 books were given as Lunar New Year gifts to readers who attended the HCM City Tết (Lunar New Year) Book Fair.

HCM City received 1.8 million visitors during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday from February 8-14, up 5.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the city Department of Tourism.

The book, published by the Hồ Chí Minh City General Publishing House, introduces readers to the translations of 87 letters handwritten in French.

Appetites and Aspirations in Vietnam by Erica J. Peters has been translated into Vietnamese and recently published in Việt Nam by HCM City General Publishing House.

HCM City’s annual Tết Book Fair, held from January 19 to 26, welcomed more than 585,000 visitors.

It’s little known that Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), whose invention of time zones set a universal standard, flopped in his attempt to be a North York housing developer.

It’s little known that Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915), whose invention of time zones set a universal standard, flopped in his attempt to be a North York housing developer.

The life stories of Vietnamese migrants who are seeking better lives in the UK are vividly told in a new book.