{"id":3139,"date":"2019-10-02T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T05:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2023-05-26T09:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T09:50:30","slug":"the-6th-hanoi-book-fair-titled-hanoi-city-for-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoangthanhthanglong.vn\/en\/the-6th-hanoi-book-fair-titled-hanoi-city-for-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"The 6th Hanoi Book Fair titled \u201cHanoi \u2013 City For Peace\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital City (10\/10\/1954 -10\/10\/2019) and the 20th anniversary of the Hanoi\u2019s \u201cCity For Peace\u201d designation awarded by UNESCO, the People\u2019s Committee of Hanoi and the Ministry of Information and Communications organize jointly the 6th Hanoi Book Fair 2019 under the theme \u201cHanoi \u2013 City For Peace\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the morning of 02\/10\/2019, The 6th<\/sup> Hanoi Book Fair titled \u201cHanoi \u2013 City For Peace\u201d<\/strong> commenced at Th\u0103ng Long Imperial Citadel. The Book Fair 2019 is jointly organized by the People\u2019s Committee of Hanoi and the Ministry of Information and Communications<\/em><\/strong> and is bigger in scope and scale compared with previous book fairs, attracting reputed publishers within and beyond the country with about 200 stalls introducing diverse types of books including children books, literary books, socio-cultural books, economics books, science and technology book, foreign language books, digital books, among others.<\/p>\n

With the theme \u201cHanoi \u2013 City For Peace\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, this year\u2019s book fair is attended by a number of diplomatic corps and missions in Hanoi, specifically the embassies of India, Indonesia, France, Italy, and the Czech Republic; the Publishing Association of South East Asia represented by publishers from the Philippines and Myanmar, the KOTA BUKU City of Book from Malaysia and 14 publishers from Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. This is an opportunity for participating agencies to exchange and network in the area of international publication where they can sign contracts, MOUs and procure copyrights among other transactions.<\/p>\n

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Beside the traditional book stalls, the Book Fair offers readers a special thematic space of exhibition titled \u201cHanoi \u2013 20 years as the City For Peace\u201d. This space introduces books and documents about the long-established culture of Th\u0103ng Long \u2013 H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i as well as the books of diplomatic missions, foreign publishers and publishing associations, international children paintings with the theme \u201cI love Hanoi \u2013 the City For Peace\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Book Fair also features book launches and discussions on two books by Assoc.Dr. Ho\u00e0ng Anh Tu\u1ea5n (in the Th\u0103ng Long thousand-year culture book series) namely: \u201cCollected Documents of \u00a0the British East Indies Company on K\u1ebb ch\u1ee3 – \u0110\u00e0ng Ngo\u00e0i (1672 – 1697)\u201d<\/em> and \u201cCollected Documents of \u00a0the Dutch East Indies Company on K\u1ebb ch\u1ee3 – \u0110\u00e0ng Ngo\u00e0i (1637 – 1700)\u201d<\/em> by Hanoi Publishing House; “Talk to Writer Chu Lai \u2013 a soldier\u2019s life, a writer\u2019s career\u201d by <\/em>\u0110inh T\u1ecb Company; Exchange Programme “Life without garbage” with Dr. Nguy\u1ec5n M\u1ea1nh H\u00f9ng \u2013 Director of Th\u00e1i H\u00e0 Book Company; panel discussion \u201cNurturing a little reader<\/em>\u201d by Nh\u00e3 Nam Culture and Communications Company; Kim \u0110\u1ed3ng Publishing House introduces exchange programmes: Hanoi Urban Sketch Group, author of “Hanoi Old Quarter \u2013 Sketches and Reminiscences\u201d<\/em> (a group of authors that were awarded the B\u00f9i Xu\u00e2n Ph\u00e1i Prize \u2013 For the Love of Hanoi in 2019) and the launch of a book series titled “Parenthood \u2013 Experience from Japan<\/em>“; panel discussion \u201cAstrology within our reach\u201d, Programme “Hanoi \u2013 a time to remember “<\/em> and the launch of the book “Hanoi, straw hats and coupons”<\/em> organized by S\u1ed1ng Book Company (a trademark Vietnamese author books of Alpha books). Especially noteworthy are the programmes organized by the Indian Embassy titled \u201cMessages from the Mahabharata to 21st century\u201d<\/em> delivered by Dr.G.B.Harisha, Director of the Swami Vivekananda Culture Centre, panel discussion about Italian books titled “Italian literary works translated into Vietnamese: past, present and perspective”<\/em> joined by Ms. Maria Benimeo \u2013 Culture attach\u00e9 of the Italian Embassy in Hanoi; the meeting with and receiving autographs from Marko Nikoli\u0107, an expat living in Hanoi who authored \u201cPh\u1ed1 Nh\u00e0 Th\u1edd<\/em>\u201d (Church Street) in Vietnamese in the book stall of Nh\u00e3 Nam, all of which will offer excellent opportunity for book lovers to understand more about authors, works, and cultures from different countries.<\/p>\n

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Besides, the Hanoi Book Fair 2019 also feature many diverse original art activities and exchanges such as the Poetry and Music Night \u201cLove of Hanoi<\/em>\u201d organized by Hanoi Writer\u2019s Association; \u201cPublishing trends in ASEAN countries<\/em>\u201d with the participation of some guests from ASEAN Publishing Association as well as from domestic and foreign publishers. The English Language Day <\/em>organized by Hanoi Department of Education and Training and art evening performances organized by the Hanoi Municipal Youth Union and a number of local universities and colleges will make the Book Fair a real festival for young people.<\/p>\n

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The Programme \u201cMemories of Autumn\u201d celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital City (10 October 1954 \u2013 10 October 2019) with a thematic exhibition titled \u201cHanoi in the autumn of 1954\u201d and the Programme \u201cHistoric Flag Saluation Ceremony\u201d re-presenting the special historical milestones on the day Hanoi was liberated; witness stories and the photo book \u201cWe bring back glory to the national strength\u201d conducted by the Th\u0103ng Long \u2013 H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i Heritage Conservation Centre will make the audience, especially the young, more proud of the tradition of the heroic capital city.<\/p>\n