City Book Expo draws 1m readers

The HCM City’s 10^th biennial Book Expo welcomed 1 million readers from the city and neighbouring provinces seven days after opening, an increase of 10 per cent compared to the last event.

HCM City annual book festival opens next week

HCM City’s annual Book Festival kicks off on Monday (March 19) at Lê Văn Tám Park in District 1.

Help at hand for the disabled

Different people do different things to find meaning in life. Phạm Thị Như Quỳnh finds such meaning by working at the House of Youth in Đà Lạt City in Lâm Đồng Province. It is a place where disabled people can learn to look after themselves better.

Deaf, mute youths gain skillls at House of Youth

Where is modern youth heading and what does it find meaningful? Each person has a different answer, but the House of Youth in Đà Lạt City in the central province of Lâm Đồng provides some surprising insights for everyone.

Health department offers free polio vaccines HCM City's Department of Health is expanding its programme to provide free polio vaccines for 200,000 children under five years old living in outlying districts, according to Le Hong Nga, head of the city's Preventive Health Centre's general planning office.

Online book festival offers discounts More than 20,000 titles in various fields including hundreds of new ones are available at discounts of up to 50 per cent at the city's current Online Book Festival.

Book festival attracts foreign names HCM City's annual book festival will open on Monday at Le Van Tam Park in District 1.Organised by the municipal People's Committee, it will feature 200,000 titles this year, including hundreds of new ones, that will be sold at discounts of up to 50 per cent at 500 stalls.

Book show welcomes Party Congress A special book exhibition has opened at HCM City's Nguyen Hue Bookstore to welcome the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam that officially begins in Ha Noi today.

Galas galore to greet New Year There is something for everyone. HCM City is preparing to greet Christmas and New Year with plays, concerts, art exhibitions, fashion shows, new album releases, circus shows, puppet shows, and comedy shows.

Instant rice soup products not safe More than 90 per cent of instant rice soup products sold in HCM City are unsafe and of poor quality, said Dr Huynh Van Tu of the HCM City Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. The institute collected and tested 49 instant rice soup products after receiving complaints from market experts and consumers.