The 8th Vietnam Book Day officially opened in HCMC Book Street on April 18 with numerous supporting activities which have been begun a day earlier.

An online book festival celebrating the 7th Vietnam Book Day will be held on April 19-May 20, announced the Ministry of Information and Communications.

As March rolls around, many book distributors turned to online platforms to promote new releases as people fear the 11^th annual Ho Chi Minh City Book Festival might be canceled due to the Covid-19 epidemic.