10 outstanding books of 2024 by Kim Dong Publishing House

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Kim Dong Publishing House announced the 10 most outstanding books of 2024 with publications that honor national culture and history as well as bring a breath of new times.

1. Famous ancient crafts - is a unique series of comic books introducing traditional craft villages of Vietnam for young readers. The 8 volumes of "famous ancient crafts" take readers to visit traditional craft villages to discover not only the process of making products of the craft villages, but also to know the talent of their artisans, understand the culture, beliefs and customs of that land.

2. Good stories of Vietnamese history - a series of 10 books by a group of authors will lead readers back in time, through heroic events, stories about characters recorded in official history and legends and anecdotes passed down among the people.

3. Vietnamese Blue Berets - Sowers of Peace

The book tells the story of the journey of young soldier Nguyen Sy Cong to South Sudan, carrying out a United Nations peacekeeping mission, bringing a very fresh modern image of Vietnamese soldiers.

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Book "Famous ancient craft". Photo: Publishing House

4. Sketches in the trenches - War diary of a young soldier in the Dien Bien Phu campaign

The book was launched on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (1954-2024), expressing the feelings and evaluation of international friends for the Dien Bien Phu soldiers in particular and the Dien Bien Phu victory of our people in general. A perspective from the trenches through realistic and poetic sketches of a resounding victory that shook the world.

5. Live - is a graphic novel written by Hai Anh - a young French person of Vietnamese origin and Pauline Guitton - a French artist.

With a unique narrative style consisting of two independent timelines and characters interwoven subtly. The first timeline is the stories a mother tells her daughter about the time she lived, studied and contributed in the resistance zone during the anti-American resistance. The second timeline is the story from the daughter's perspective, a modern young woman trying to connect with her mother and the past, to understand more about her mother and her roots.

6. Remnants of Fire - Starting from a 40-page comic book project, author Lilywiu developed “Remnants of Fire” into a long-term series (expected to include 7 volumes). The success of the series has extended the publishing line of Vietnamese comics for young readers.

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Book "Comic Life Skills - For primary school children". Photo: Publishing House

7. Life Skills Comic - For primary school children

The book series is published with the desire to convey to children in an easy-to-understand and familiar way basic knowledge about safety in daily activities at home, at school, in class, at playgrounds...

“Life skills comic - For primary school children” brings a new form of skill book, which is a comic with short stories that are both humorous and carry appropriate messages for young readers to both entertain and learn useful lessons to perfect life skills and protect themselves.

8. The Flying Bus - a collection of stories by author Mai Chi about the adventurous journey through space and time of the boy Khanh Can and two friends on a flying bus has helped children gradually realize: True happiness does not lie in the distant past or the vague future, but is present in the present, with loved ones.

9. If all I have are words

The book by writer Hien Trang will take readers to the endless world of art - to gradually understand the "behind the scene" stories of a writer and completely refute the prejudice that "literature in this world is cheap as dirt".

10. 39 Knowledge Dialogues

The book is 39 adventures into the minds of 39 intellectuals, artists, and researchers from many different fields. Through 39 adventures in the minds of 39 intellectuals, readers will discover valuable "mines of knowledge", contributing to enriching life experiences, opening up thinking...

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