Vietnam Leaves A Mark at Cuban International Book Fair

The Vietnamese pavilion at the 32nd Havana International Book Fair has displayed about 100 books and publications about President Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary cause and renewal process Vietnam as well as its country and people, VNA reported.

Each year, the Havana International Book Fair will have a guest country of honor and honor a famous writer, poet or cultural figure. In 2020, Vietnam was the honored guest of the 29th book fair, and this year this honor belonged to Brazil.

The Vietnamese pavilion at the 32nd Havana International Book Fair. Photo: VNA

The Vietnamese space is expected to help Cuban and international friends understand more about the country, people, culture, innovation and development of the Southeast Asian nation.

The fair, the island’s biggest festival and the most attended event in Cuba, opened on February 16, attracting literature lovers from 45 countries and territories, including Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Palestine, among others.

The 10-day event welcomes domestic and international readers, authors, publishers, librarians, and celebrities who seek to experience the unique identity of this fair, which has no comparison with events of this kind in other latitudes.

In this 32nd edition, more than 1,000 titles - both printed and digital - will be placed in the hands of the public. More than three million copies will be available to the public throughout Cuba. Digital books may be downloaded free of charge in their presentations.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba cooperated with the Su That (Truth) National Political Publishing House, Nhan Dan newspaper, Communist Review, and Political Theory Journal of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics to display more than 100 books, newspapers, and magazines at Vietnam's space. Photo: VNA

First held in 1982, the annual fair is an opportunity to popularize reading culture, particularly among youngsters.

Traditionally, the book fair will last 10 days at the San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress and will continue to be held later in other provinces of Cuba. The final stop of FIL Cuba 2024 is the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

Reading is a common habit of the people of this Caribbean island nation, one of the factors that helps Cuba still have a relatively developed science despite difficulties in accessing information and new technology in the world due to US embargo.

Earlier, the book on the theory and practice of socialism in Vietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong has been introduced in Havana, Cuba recently as part of a CPV delegation's visit to the Caribbean nation.

Titled “Mot so van de ly luan va thuc tien ve chu nghia xa hoi va con duong di len chu nghia xa hoi o Viet Nam” (roughly translated as “Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam”), was launched on the occasion of the 92nd founding anniversary of the CPV (February 3, 1930 - 2022).

As one of the highly influential publications of the Party leader, it gathers his 29 outstanding articles and speeches, aiming to help cadres, Party members, and people gain an insight into socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam so as to promote consensus in society and bring into play the great national solidarity to achieve the strategic goals set by the Party, late President Ho Chi Minh, and the people.

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