Hanoi Book Street Week
- Hanoi launched a week-long celebration for Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day on Book Street starting April 21. - The program runs April 21–27 and features author exchanges, book launches, and reader promotions. - The events aim to make reading public and social in the city this week, with daily programming for readers and writers. (en.vietnamplus.vn)
Hanoi opened a week of book events on Monday at Book Street, turning a quiet lane in the capital into the city’s main stage for reading through April 27. (en.vietnamplus.vn) The program is being run by the Book Street management board with publishers and distributors, and it brings together 14 publishing and distribution units across 15 booths. Organizers scheduled author talks, new-book launches and sales promotions across the seven-day run. (en.vietnamplus.vn) The event is part of Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2026, which falls on April 21 each year. This year’s national theme is “Knowledge Flow — From Book Pages to Digital Spaces,” according to the National Library of Vietnam. (nlv.gov.vn) The national program in Hanoi started earlier, on April 18 at the National Library of Vietnam, with discussions on reading trends and how young readers choose books and information sources in a crowded digital environment. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is organizing that program. (vietnamnews.vn) April 21 has been Vietnam’s official day for honoring books since 2014, and the government expanded it into Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day in 2021 while keeping the same date. State agencies describe the day as part of a broader push to build reading habits in families, schools and communities. (sovhtt.hanoi.gov.vn; gtrip.vn) That push now stretches beyond one-day ceremonies. Vietnam News Agency’s Vietnam Pictorial said on Tuesday that the annual observance has grown into a wider cultural festival, with book fairs and reading activities reaching schools, households and local communities. (vietnam.vnanet.vn) At Hanoi Book Street this week, the immediate goal is simpler: keep readers, writers and publishers in the same public space every day through Sunday. For one week, the city is treating reading as something to do out loud, in public, and with other people. (en.qdnd.vn)
