A book fair entitled ‘Book is Friend’ will take place at the Da Nang General Science Library from 22-25 March.

A local reader at the city's Hai Chau Book Festival

The 4-day event, the 1^st of its kind in the city, will be jointly organised by the library, the city-based Anh Thinh Minh Advertising and Event Organising company, and the Book-Hue C&C company in Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Hue City. The intention is to offer the opportunity for the city’s readers to buy and exchange their used books, which helps to promote a reading culture amongst locals.

The fair will feature up to 30 stalls introducing and selling new books, and exchanging used ones.  Displayed books will cover various topics released by publishing houses nationwide. 

Most notably, a wide range of discount programmes will be offered at the event. They included 30% discount on all displayed book, and a special ‘one price’ offer for a kg of books at only 39,000 VND.

Various fascinating activities will be held during the 4-day event, including an exchange programme to promote reading culture amongst school pupils, a talent contest for children, painting and calligraphy performances, musical shows, and ‘Bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) performance. 

Especially, the event will see the participation of some foreign teachers who will share their experiences on English learning activities.

Also at the event, a campaign to appeal for local individuals and organisations to donate books for the General Science Library will be launched by the organisers.