For the first time in Hai Phong city, a large-scale book fair space was held with 16 exhibition booths, nearly 10,000 books of many genres such as social science books, literature and art books, children's books on geographical history, regular science and other genres, gathered from 15 major publishers and bookstores across the country.
Hai Phong Book Street in 2025 at Kim Dong Flower Garden with the theme "Reading - The road towards success" was held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Hai Phong (13.5.1955 - 13.5.2025), the Flower Festival of the Red Phoenix Flower Festival in 2025, 50 years of the liberation of the South of the country (April 30, 1975 - 30.4.2025) and Vietnam Reading Culture and Culture Day (April 21).
The Hai Phong Book Road event attracted a large number of readers in the port city to attend, especially young people and children. Many people and readers come here not only to visit and experience and enjoy literary and scientific works but also to open up opportunities to exchange, study and access knowledge.
Thu Ha (Le Chan, Hai Phong) shared that when she learned that Hai Phong would organize a major book fair event, she was very excited to visit and read classic and new publications here.
As someone who loves reading literary works, this place is like paradise. In addition to finding and discovering good works, I also participate in many interesting activities in the digital library area, experience speaking books or listen to speakers share at the talk show. very happy and meaningful, he excitedly expressed.
As for Thu Trang (Ngo Quyen, Hai Phong), she also shared that this was the first time she and her family visited such a large book fair in Hai Phong. You feel very proud that your city has paid attention to and paid attention to the reading culture when organizing a truly meaningful, new and close event for the people, especially the younger generation.
Not only older readers can find and read books. This place is very useful for children, and when they come here, they have experienced many activities of assembling creative models, coloring or reading children's books, practicing the habit of reading books and avoiding using too many phones," you said.
The Hai Phong Book Fair will take place for 1 month, from April 19 to May 20. The event was organized by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hai Phong.
In addition, there are a few special programs and activities that tourists and residents can participate in on weekends such as: on the morning of April 20, there will be a seminar program to exchange authors and works; the theme "Hai Phong City in the composition of the authors of the Port City", the speakers are Hai Phong writers, in the evening there will be street music programs.
On April 26, at 8:00 p.m., there will be a street music program.
On April 27 at 8am, a children's painting contest was held according to newspapers. On April 29 at 8:30 a.m., there will be a seminar, exchange and talk on the topic: 50 years of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification and stories through books by war Author, speaker Journalist Kim Toan, War Journalist.
On April 30, May 1, and March 3 at 7:30 p.m., there will be street music activities, performed by Hai Phong's music bands and clubs. On May 10 at 8:30 a.m., there will be a talk show with the theme "Reading in the digital age" by actor Nguyen Quoc Vuong.
On May 10, 15, and May 17, at 7:30 p.m., street music programs will take place. Finally, on May 18 at 8:00 p.m., there will be an art program by top singers, dancers... from the Children's Cultural Palace performing at the book route event and the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1990 - May 19, 2025).
