Many meaningful activities on the occasion of Book Festival and Reading Culture Day in Nghe An

On April 18, in Vinh city, the Department of Culture and Sports, the Provincial Library coordinated with the Department of Education and Training of Vinh city, Nghe An Publishing House and a number of agencies and units to organize the 2021 Book and Reading Culture Festival with the theme "Books - Wings of Dreams". This is a practical activity to celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21 every year).

Attending the 2021 Nghe An Provincial Book and Reading Culture Festival were leaders of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of provincial departments, branches, sectors and units; Vinh City Department of Education and Training; sponsors and a large number of students in Vinh City. Photo: Cong Kien

Book Festival and Reading Culture Day is organized to promote the movement.read a bookbecome a habit, a cultural beauty; promote the collection, research, creation, publication, preservation and promotion of good books, valuable in content and form to readers.Mobilizing community participation in investing resources and developing reading culture, enhancing responsibility at all levels, sectors and social organizations for construction and development.reading culturein localities in the province.

The Book and Reading Culture Festival attracted a large number of students from schools in Vinh city. Photo: Cong Kien

Speaking at the welcoming ceremony and launching the reading culture movement, comrade Quach Thi Cuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports affirmed that in recent times, the building and development of reading culture in Nghe An has made progress. SystemlibraryPublic services have been widely developed from province to district and are reaching many communes, wards and towns.

The province currently has 01 provincial library, 19 district libraries, and about 350 commune libraries. In addition, there is a system of school libraries, science and technology libraries, military libraries; not to mention many private libraries and family bookcases that are operating quite effectively.

Comrade Quach Thi Cuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports affirmed that in recent times, the building and development of reading culture in Nghe An has made progress. Photo: Cong Kien

The Storytelling from Books contest was invested in thoroughly by schools, creating great attraction. Photo: Cong Kien

The Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports hopes that all classes of people in Nghe An will promote the tradition of studiousness of their homeland, boost the reading culture movement, especially among students in schools, towards building alearning societySince then, we have contributed to building our homeland to become more and more developed, becoming one of the fairly developed provinces as Uncle Ho once advised during his lifetime.

The Book and Reading Culture Festival took place enthusiastically with activities: Displaying library corners of students from schools in the area; story telling contest based on books or introducing books; reading, exchanging and feeling about books; issuing free reader cards...

The Library Display Corner contest was also done creatively and aesthetically by the schools. Photo: Cong Kien

The Organizing Committee scores the Library Display Corner contest. Photo: Cong Kien

Here, the Organizing Committee awarded 4 prizes.First prize, 4 second prizes, 4 third prizes and 8 consolation prizes for the contests "My school library display corner" and "Storytelling from books".