March 01, 2026 | 22:27 (GMT+7)
First Da Nang Reading Culture Festival 2026 opens
PANO – On February 28, at the Da Nang Library, the Da Nang Municipal Party Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization, in coordination with the Da Nang Journalists Association and the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, inaugurated the Spring Press Festival for the Year of the Horse 2026 and the First Da Nang Reading Culture Festival 2026 under the theme “Da Nang – A City of Knowledge and Creativity.”
The Spring Press Festival features 12 local press agencies, along with central press agencies that maintain representative offices and resident correspondents in the city, including the Central-Central Highlands Region Bureau of the People's Army Newspaper.
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Delegates cut the ribbon to launch the event. |
The nine-day event offers a wide range of dynamic and engaging activities, including exhibitions of spring press publications, books, documents and press photos; the introduction of more than 1,000 new and notable book titles; seminars, talk shows and author–reader exchanges centered on reading culture; as well as artistic performances, documentary film screenings, poetry–music nights, and various experiential activities and games for students and readers.
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Leaders of Da Nang City and representatives of departments and agencies visit the exhibition booth of the Central-Central Highlands Region Bureau of the People’s Army Newspaper. |
The festival aims not only to honor journalism and publishing achievements but also to foster a sustainable reading culture, encouraging lifelong learning and creative thinking among citizens, an essential foundation for Da Nang City’s aspiration to become a knowledge-driven and innovation-oriented urban center.
Translated by Trung Thanh