On average, a Vietnamese person only reads 4 books/year.

On average, a Vietnamese person reads only 4 books/year, of which 2.8 are textbooks and 1.2 are other books. This number is far lower than other countries in the region.

Books are an infinite source of knowledge for mankind. Reading books is to improve awareness in all aspects, it is a legitimate need of every person. Books provide a source of knowledge for readers to experience, learn, research, to enrich their own life experience.

Reading books also shows the beauty of culture in social life, especially for cadres, civil servants and public employees of state agencies.

Booths displaying and introducing books at Vinh University on the opening day of the book fair in Nghe An

Currently, in developed countries such as Israel, France, Japan, on average, a person reads 20 books/year. In countries in the region such as Singapore, the average number of books read is 14 books/year; Malaysia is 10 books/year. In Vietnam, on average, a person only reads 4 books/year, of which 2.8 are textbooks and 1.2 are other books. Thus, the reading culture of the people is still very limited.

Recognizing the role and importance of reading, the Ministry of Education and Training organized the opening ceremony of the 3rd Vietnam Book Day.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Manh Hung said: The 3rd Vietnam Book Day aims to honor the reading culture, arouse the habit and love of reading among officials and civil servants of the Ministry. Besides, it contributes to improving the quality of management and teaching-learning direction in schools in general and the management of innovative school libraries, promoting the reading movement in schools in particular.

The 3rd Vietnam Book Day is also a practical activity to successfully implement Resolution 29 of the Party Central Committee on fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education.

On this occasion, Deputy Minister Pham Manh Hung suggested that cadres, civil servants and public employees in the education sector need to raise awareness of reading culture, spend time during the day and week reading books and reading State management documents to deeply understand the law in general and specialized management documents in particular in order to improve the quality of solving daily work of each person to contribute to improving the effectiveness of State management of education and training./.

According to VOV