Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival kicks off

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Nhan Dan – Nearly 200,000 titles are for sale at a discounted price at the eighth Ho Chi Minh City book festival at Le Van Tam Park in District 1, which opened on March 24.

More than 150 domestic and foreign publishing houses are selling books at the festival, running till March 30, with discounts of 10-20%. Prices will be slashed in half for the last three days of the festival.

Talks from well-known authors, including Nguyen Nhat Anh, Vi Thuy Linh and Nguyen Huu Tai, are scheduled over the festival.

Special exhibitions on Ho Chi Minh City, President Ho Chi Minh, the Dien Bien Phu Victory and General Vo Nguyen Giap can also be enjoyed at the festival’s location.

The biennial Ho Chi Minh City book festival is organised by the Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee, the Department of Information and Communications and Saigon Cultural Products Corporation, along with many publishing houses.

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