Bookstore to welcome the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party
of Vietnam.
The
exhibition, featuring more than 1,500 titles in different fields,
attracted many readers, young and old, to its opening ceremony on Jan.
10.
The display has three major themes: The Party's
Documents; The Life and Work of President Ho Chi Minh; and Historical
Events during the American War in Vietnam .
Around
10,000 books cover events and heroes of different periods over the 81
years since the Party's inception, according to the HCM City Books
Distribution Company (Fahasa), a member of the event's organising board.
Participating in the exhibition are leading printers like
the HCM City General Publishing House, National Politics Publishing
House, Tre (Youth) Publishing House and Thanh Nien (Young People)
Publishing House.
The Culture-Theatre Publishing House's Hanh Khuc Giai Phong (Liberation March) is one of the exhibition's highlighted books.
The book is a research work compiled and edited by Lu Nhat Vu, Le Giang
and Le Anh Trung, three of the city's veteran composers and art
critics.
Hanh Khuc Giai Phong displays nearly 600 songs
and 54 works by musicians and authors during the 1954-75 period. They
creatively capture the people's thirst for national independence as well
as their love for President Ho Chi Minh and soldiers.
The
Tre Publishing House introduces one of its bestsellers of last year,
Tran Thai Binh's Vo Nguyen Giap -Hao Khi Tram Nam (General Vo Nguyen
Giap - Magnanimity for a Hundred Years).
The book
portrays the life and military career of Vo Nguyen Giap, focusing on the
General's outstanding contributions to the victories against French and
American aggressors.
Organisers said they hope the
exhibition would help people, particularly young readers, learn more
about the country's heroic history, the Party and its causes and
victories.
Nearly 1,000 books will be presented to soldiers working for the Border Guard Command, they said.
The exhibition will remain open at 40 Nguyen Hue Street , District 1, from 9am to 10pm until January 16. Entrance is free./.
