Book fair offers discounts on novels, textbooks, school supplies

September 16, 2016 - 18:00

More than 300,000 books and 3,000 office and school supplies as well as child’s toys worth VNĐ5 billion (US$220,000) are for sale at discounts of 20-50 per cent at the HCM City Books Distribution (Fahasa) Fair that began on Friday.

More than 300,000 books are being offered at discount prices at the Special Book Fair 2016 in HCM City. VNS File Photo

Viet Nam News

HCM CITY – More than 300,000 books and 3,000 office and school supplies as well as child’s toys worth VNĐ5 billion (US$220,000) are for sale at discounts of 20-50 per cent at the HCM City Books Distribution (Fahasa) Fair that began on Friday.

Authors of Vietnamese books on display include Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, Trịnh Huyền Trang, Trí, Nguyễn Đức Anh, Lưu Quang Minh, Green Star – Thuỳ Dương, Quỳnh Anh Shyn, Thu Hà, Nguyễn Nhật Linh, Tony Buổi Sáng, Nguyễn Bảo Trung, and Gari.

In addition to Vietnamese–language books, the fair is selling English textbooks such as Let’s Go 4Ed, Solutions 2Ed, Complete IELTS, Cambridge English Prepare!, Cambridge Young Learner English Test Starters, Movers, Flyers, My Little Island, Family & Friends, Four Corners, and English Grammar in Use.

Dictionaries on display include Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s, and Oxford Basic English.

Children’s books include Wimpy Kid, Harry Potter, Don Diary, and Who Was? series.

The fair is being held at the HCM City Exhibition House at 92 Lê Thánh Tôn Street in District 1 until September 25.—VNS.

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