At the launching ceremony of the 5th Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day organized by Lao Cai province, journalist Nguyen Tuan Anh shared a story about the journey of growing up from books, while emphasizing the role of cultural identity as a "personal imprint" helping highland students confidently integrate without dissolving.
The sharing of journalist and speaker Nguyen Tuan Anh focuses on clarifying the relationship between reading culture and preserving and promoting cultural identity in the context of integration, especially for highland students - those who are facing the opportunity to go far, access many new values, but also face the risk of losing themselves.
The speaker affirmed: "Going far is not difficult, but keeping oneself is difficult" and this is the intersection between reading books and preserving cultural identity.
From a personal story about the journey of growing up from a countryside with many limitations in learning conditions, books have become an important means to help speakers broaden their knowledge, understand the world and shape their dreams. The speaker affirmed the role of books as the "shortest path" to help young people access knowledge and change their future.
First of all, books help broaden the horizon, create a competitive advantage in learning and life, and at the same time allow readers to learn from more talented people without being limited by space or conditions. Students are not competent, but the important thing is to build a habit of reading books regularly and effectively.
Through a real story about a mountainous student who gradually gave up language, culture and even pride in his homeland after moving to the city, the speaker raises a big question: what makes each person different in an increasingly homogeneous world?
The answer is emphasized: that is cultural identity. Identity is not only expressed through language, clothing or customs, but also lies in the personal story, in each person's origin and journey of maturity. For highland students, national cultural identity is not a barrier, but a special advantage - something that not everyone has.
Therefore, students not only passively preserve their identity, but also need to actively spread and retell their stories through forms appropriate to the times, such as writing, speaking, or using digital platforms. When they know how to combine knowledge from books and indigenous cultural values, young people can completely bring the image of their homeland to the world. These are small but meaningful steps in shaping personality and orienting the future.
For local managers and leaders, journalist Nguyen Tuan Anh emphasized that developing reading culture for highland students is not only about educational goals, but also makes an important contribution to preserving and promoting the unique cultural values of the locality. Reading culture, if developed in the right direction, will become a bridge between tradition and modernity, between identity and integration.
