National Online Book Festival launched

The 2021 National Online Book Festival will be held from April 17 to May 15 with a variety of activities nationwide in response to Vietnam Book Day (April 21).

In preparation for the festival, all technological platforms have been readied to serve readers. Numerous exchange activities and forums will take place on book365.vn.

The National Online Book Festival will be held via 'book365.vn'.

This is the second year the National Online Book Festival is held with the message “Bringing books to everywhere”.

The National Online Book Festival is expected to serve over 60% of readers in many localities outside Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The organising board also aims to attract over 100 publishing houses and units around the country and have a minimum of 10 million hits as well as 10,000 book titles for sale and over 30,000 books for readers.

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Source: NDO