The 2020 Spring Book Street was opened in Hanoi on January 27 as part of the activities to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet).
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Spring Book Street in Hanoi on January 27 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 2020 Spring Book Street wasopened in Hanoi on January 27 as part of the activities to celebrate the 90thfounding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the traditionallunar New Year festival (Tet).
The programme, held on the Hanoi Book Street(the December 19 street) in Hoan Kiem district, features more than 20 booths ofpublishing and distributing companies, along with some others showcasingcultural items for the longest and most important annual festival such as Tetnewspapers, calligraphic works and folk paintings.
During the event through February 3, visitorscan also take part in various activities such as making chung cake – atraditional dish for Tet, creating “to he” (toy figurines made from ricedough), playing xiangqi, and drawing folk paintings.
They will also have a chance to enjoy musical,magic and circus performances and join in discussions about the readingculture.
Chairman of the Hoan Kiem district People’sCommittee Nguyen Chi Luc said the 2020 Spring Book Street is hoped to help turnthe Hanoi Book Street into a popular cultural destination among local people,encourage the reading habit, and contribute to tourism and culture promotion./.
A wide range of activities are being held in a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrating programme that kicked off on the December 19 Book Street in Hanoi on February 7.
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Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
The opening ceremony of the 2020 Spring Book Street in Hanoi on January 27 (Photo: VNA) 
