With the same format to its previous bazaar in April on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1, the new event features thousands of old books of different genres that can be hardly found, including pre-war books, books that were published while Vietnam was a centrally planned economy, Russian books, dictionaries and magazines.
Organizer Nha Nam Media and Publishing House will also run an auction of rare books to raise funds for a foundation to provide Braille books for the blind in HCMC at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Some rare and precious book titles donated by local collectors are historic book Viet Nam van hoa su cuong by historian Dao Duy Anh published by Bon Phuong Publishing House in 1951; Vietnamese-French dictionary Kieu song ngu Viet Phap by Nguyen Van Vinh published by Vinh Bao Publishing House in 1951; and the popular short stories’ collection Vang bong mot thoi of Nguyen Tuan published by Cao Thom Publishing House in 1968.
On the occasion, Nha Nam Book Café offers discounts of 25% to 50% on all kinds of books. Coloring books Chin thang muoi ngay and Cua hang ky ao will also be debuted at the event. Other publishing houses including Tre, Alpha, Dong A, and Thai Ha will bring their old books to join the event.
Nha Nam Book Café is located at Unit 015, Lot B, Condo No. 43, Ho Van Hue Street in HCMC’s Phu Nhuan District.
