Speakers discuss ideas to promote reading habit in community (Photo: laodong.vn)

Participants affirmed the necessity of reading and its profound influence on society.

Chu Van Hoa, Director of the Printing and Publication Department, the Ministry of Information and Communications, said: “The seminar will help create the foundation for fine tuning the Party’s guidelines and State policy on promoting good reading habits in society, building a favourable environment for reading and healthy reading habits, particularly for young people. The seminar aims to improve reading-related activities, popularize books, and mobilize social resources for developing reading culture.”

The seminar was co-organized by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Publishers’ Association and the Voice of Vietnam.