Top 10 outstanding books of 2025 by Kim Dong

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Kim Dong Publishing House announces 10 good and outstanding books loved by readers in 2025.

In 2025, with the goal of bringing readers unique publications that are both rich in content and new in form, Kim Dong Publishing House has made efforts to invest in domestic creations, as well as actively in international cooperation activities to bring Vietnamese readers valuable publications on culture, national history, aesthetic value, and art.

At the same time, Kim Dong Publishing House also promotes the publication of unique publications on Vietnamese culture, country, and people to introduce to world friends.

1. "Ho Chi Minh - A Man and a Nation": 57 years ago, in 1968 in Italy, a book written about Ho Chi Minh and the two great resistance wars of the Vietnamese people was born.

2. "Together with Vietnam": A poetry collection compiled by female poet Angelina Gates, with the participation of many famous Spanish poets, including more than 40 poems composed in the 1960s, the period of the most fierce anti-American resistance war, which was also when the anti-war movement spread globally.

3. The comic book duo "Memories of overseas Vietnamese" includes: "Twilight" and "Worker Leader" recounting vivid stories about the lives of Vietnamese people living far from their homeland, in a historical period full of changes of the country and the world.

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The two books received rare consensus among professionals and general readers as well as touched the emotions of readers of many ages. Photo: Publishing House

4. "From the vegetable fields at Cu Cu farm" and "Things you use to fill a hole": Typical representative of contemporary Vietnamese children's literature: Rich in creativity, rich in aesthetics, both carrying personal imprints and universal in the picture of world children's literature.

5. Bilingual comic book "Kho tang cua bo - Loving Eyes": Author Bui Phuong Tam and artist Hoang Giang invited readers to reflect on the choices of life.

6. "Ky Cong Dieu Nghe - Some techniques and technologies on the S-shaped strip of land before the 20th century" and "Than long kich thuy - History of Vietnamese warships": The group of young authors Dong Nguyen and Kaovjets Ngujens (Vietnamese expatriates in Latvia) have brought interesting information about the inventions, innovations, and innovations of our ancestors in life to improve labor productivity, as well as the development of weapons technology in the cause of protecting and expanding borders.

7. "Sharing a House - Atlas of 54 Ethnic Groups of Vietnam: The book opens up a multi-colored picture of 54 brotherly ethnic groups on the S-shaped strip of land. Each ethnic group with its own identity in language, costumes, customs, architecture, cuisine and festivals is synthesized in an intuitive, concise and accessible way through colorful illustrations.

tac pham moi nhat cua anh, tieu thuyet bang tranh ban hu cau - mot dau an moi tren hanh trinh sang tao cua hoa si Ta Huy Long, khi anh vua viet loi, vua ve tranh.
Yersin – Khuc hat Ca Ong" - a semi-fiction picture novel, a new mark on the creative journey of artist Ta Huy Long when both writing words and drawing pictures. Photo: Publishing House

8. The bookcase "Nep nha" includes 3 typical books about family education of early 20th century Vietnamese intellectuals "Gia dinh giao duc – Phep day con" (Nguyen Ba Hoc); "Gia huan" (On Nhu Luong Van Can); "Gia dinh giao duc – Thuong dam" (Dam Phuong Nu Su): Mysteries written about nearly a century ago, but still retaining their value with educational views imbued with Eastern philosophy, harmoniously combined with modern educational methods absorbed from the West.

9. "Yersin – Khuc hat Ca Ong": A graphic novel composed by artist Ta Huy Long is a work that blends dreams and reality, inspired by the life of doctor Yersin and his attachment to the mysterious Indochinese land and Nha Trang.

10. "My Neighbor Totoro": Comic book publication marking the cooperation of publisher Kim Dong with Studio Ghibli film studio. The first set of Totoro publications officially released in Vietnam, helps readers explore the peaceful Japanese countryside, where magic creeps in every wind and unexpected encounters with Totoro.

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