A thousand special copies of a book on the life and times of Hanoi
over 1,000 years, by the leading expert on Hanoi , Nguyen Vinh Phuc
will be sold to herald the capital city’s millennial celebration.
Nguyen Minh Nhut, Director of the Young Publishing House which published
the book, said that these special copies will be available at the third
Hanoi International Book Fair from September 17-21, at the Giang Vo
Exhibition Centre in Hanoi .
According to Nhut, the limited addition of only 1,000 copies printed on high quality paper will also be signed by the author.
The
books will be numbered beginning at 1010, the year when King Ly Cong
Uan announced he was moving the capital city from Ninh Binh to Hanoi ,
with the last copy numbered 2010.
Those copies whose number
coincides with the year during nation witnessed major events, such as
1975 when the country became reunified, will be put to auction to raise
fund for charitable activities.
With more than 1,000 facts about
the history and culture of Thang Long-Hanoi, Phuc’s book is basically an
encyclopedia on Hanoi , and won him a prize from The Thao-Van Hoa
(Sports&Culture) newspaper and the Bui Xuan Phai Foundation in 2009./.
