Da Nang Reading Culture Festival 2025 opens

The Da Nang Reading Culture Festival 2025 themed “Reading Culture – Community Connection” was officially opened at the city’s APEC Sculpture Park on Tuesday evening in response to the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21).

Delegates cutting the ribbon to open the Da Nang Reading Culture Festival 2025. Photo: DOAN HAO LUONG

In her opening speech, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports Nguyen Thu Phuong emphasised that the 4th edition of the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 brought three messages “Reading culture – Connecting the community”, “Entering the era of national growth with books”, and “Reading books – Enriching knowledge, Nurturing aspirations, Promoting innovation and creativity”.

This year’s festival had many publishers and book distributors participating, bringing a new vitality to spreading the reading culture and encouraging the habit of reading. The series of activities and events to celebrate the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2025 today and in the coming days in Da Nang will contribute to promoting the beauty of traditional culture, and developing the reading movement in the community, she noted.

The Da Nang General Science Library donating bookshelves to schools in the district. Photo: DOAN HAO LUONG

Lasting until April 27, the Da Nang Reading Culture Festival in 2025 features such main activities as an exhibition of information resources, photo and documents about Da Nang 50 years of formation and development and 95 years of founding the Da Nang Party Organisation (March 28, 1930 – March 28, 2025); and an exhibition of information resources in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 – April 30, 2025); a book exhibition titled “Central – Central Highlands regions with the Great Victory of Spring 1975”; a calligraphy art exhibition; and an exhibition of technological achievements in the library field.

Also on display at the event are rare sources of documents such as Tieng Dan newspaper, Han-Nom characters (Chinese characters and Chinese-transcribed Vietnamese) documents, and ancient royal decrees. Spaces for STEM Robotic experience and STEM fun science are featured at the event.

Many young people visit the booths to visit and buy books. Photo: DOAN HAO LUONG

Moreover, there are a wide range of activities to develop reading culture such as talk shows and seminars introducing authors – works and exchanging with book collectors in the city; book promotion and book-based storytelling contests; an artistic book arranging competition; a book character costume contest; and fun games related to books.

A movement to support books in school libraries, and community learning centres in communes and wards, will be launched.

DA NANG Today