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Book festival attracts foreign names

HCM City's annual book festival will open on Mar. 19 at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.

HCMC’s book fest to kick off next week

The 7th bienial book festival, one the country’s biggest such events, will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19

Book honoring Vietnamese women to attend German fair

Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc’s novel “Pearls of the Far East” will take part in the international Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany in October

Local author introduces ‘Pearls of the Far East’

Writer Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc hosts exchange meetings with local book fans as she introduces new title ‘Pearls of the Far East’ at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Cafe Thu Bay and at 4 p.m. at Phuong Nam Book Cafe.

Lichtenstein's "Sleeping Girl" to be sold at auction

Roy Lichtenstein's comic book-inspired painting "Sleeping Girl," is expected to fetch up to US$40 million when it is sold at auction in New York in May

Rolls-Royce annual net profit jumps 57% to £850 million

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday that net profit jumped 57 percent to £850 million last year, boosted by a record order book

Canadian blogger debuts second book in Vietnamese language

‘Nguoc chieu vun vut’ (Swooshing against the tide), the second book written in Vietnamese by Canadian blogger and TV celebrity Joe Ruelle has been released in Vietnam, local media reports.

Tet flower, book roads to officially open 6.30pm

Since early this morning, hundreds have flocked to flower roads in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for sightseeing as the festival is to open at 6:30pm today

Veteran author wins Book of the Year prize

Veteran writer Nguyen Xuan Khanh won the Vietnam Writers Association Book of the Year prize for his novel Doi Gao Len Chua (Bring Rice to the Pagoda).

Tet book road features HCMC’s tradition, present and future

Besides displaying books, this year’s book street festival also showcases spectator activities that reflect Vietnam’s traditional culture

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