November 01, 2017 | 21:23 (GMT+7)
Russian book week opened in HCM City
PANO - The Ho Chi Minh Municipal Department of Information and Telecommunications in association with the Book Street Company of Ho Chi Minh City launched a Russian book week on November 1 in Nguyen Van Binh Street, District 1.
The week attracting lots of youths
The event entitled “Memories of Russia” was held to mark the 100th anniversary of Russia’s October Revolution. It features 200 books related to Marxism-Leninism philosophy, fine arts and art, science-technique, literature and so on. In addition, the event also covers a talk about the translations of Russian novels, a release of books by the Tong hop (General) Publishing House and the Tre (Young) Publishing House, to name but a few.
Works translated from Russian are also on display and discount tickets are being delivered to teachers and primary and secondary students during the event.
After the opening ceremony, a talk about 100 years of Russia’s October Revolution with well-known speakers took place.
Translated by Trung Thanh