Towards the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day April 21, Kim Dong Publishing House in coordination with Hadosa Education and Culture Joint Stock Company officially launched the "Eagerness to Read Books 2026" contest for primary and secondary school students nationwide. The contest takes place from March 15 to the end of April 15 in the form of an online contest.
With the consistent message "Reading to build the future", organized with the aim of arousing love for books and forming a sustainable self-study and self-reading habit for young people, developing deep reading comprehension and critical thinking skills for children; and linking the role of families and schools in accompanying children on the journey of knowledge discovery.
The contest applies online exam technology, aiming to create an equal intellectual playground for students in all regions. Participants are divided into 4 exam groups by class to ensure content is suitable for reading comprehension ability: Group A (Classes 1 – 2); Group B (Classes 3 – 4); Group C (Classes 5 – 6); Group D (Classes 7 – 8 – 9).
Each contestant will have 20 minutes to take the exam including 20 multiple-choice questions related to the content of books in the contest and 1 auxiliary question predicting the number of participants.
The list of books selected by experts, suitable for children's ages, includes many familiar books with profound humanistic values such as: "Diary of a Cricket", "The Story of a Cat Teaching Seagulls to Fly", "A Fierce Childhood", "Green Lotus Bud"...
In order to encourage the reading movement among students nationwide, the organizing committee has established a prize fund with a total value of up to 1 billion VND, with nearly 3,000 prize categories. The prize is not only for individuals who achieve high results, but also honors school collectives that actively participate and expresses gratitude to teachers who "ignite" reading culture.
In addition, the organizers will deploy many exchange and interaction activities at schools to inspire reading in students.
Mr. Pham Huu Khanh - Director of Hadosa Bookstore, representative of the organizing committee emphasized: "In recent years, in Vietnam, there have been book reading movements in many places, but we also realize that these movements have not been widely spread.
Therefore, the online reading contest will help students from all over the country to access the contest, contributing to the development of reading culture spreading widely in the community.
This year's contest especially emphasizes the connection between parents and students, because in addition to the role of teachers in schools, the companionship of parents is also extremely important.
Parents encouraging reading books will create motivation for their children. Children always see their parents as role models for learning and following, so parents reading books will create inspiration for their children to love reading books.
