Vietnamese book space at Frankfurt Book Fair (Germany):

Attending the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese delegation included Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tam; Chairman of the Vietnam Publishing Association, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine Pham Minh Tuan; Vietnamese Consul General in Frankfurt Luu Xuan Dong; Director of the Department of Publishing, Printing and Distribution, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Publishing Association Nguyen Nguyen; Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, Head of the Hanoi City delegation Nguyen Thi Mai Huong; Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports, Head of the Ho Chi Minh City delegation Tran Thi Thu Hien.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tam and Ms. Claudia Kaiser, Vice President of the Frankfurt Book Fair, performed the opening ceremony. Photo: CXB

The ceremony was also attended by Ms. Claudia Kaiser - Vice President of the Frankfurt Book Fair; Ms. Nicole - Director of Finance and Business of the Frankfurt Book Fair; Mr. Shake Faisal, President of the ASEAN Publishers Association and President of the Malaysian Publishers Association; Ms. Andrea Pasion Flores - President of the Publishing Development Association of the Philippines, the Guest of Honor of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025; Mr. Tomoya Watanabe - representative of the Japanese Publishers Association; Mr. Andre Wiringa Amsterdam - representative of the Dutch Publishers Association; Ms. Yova Bulgaria Stankova - representative of the Bulgarian Publishers Association.

At the ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tam said that the Frankfurt Book Fair is a symbol of creativity, dialogue and cultural cooperation - where cultures meet, listen and enrich each other. Deputy Minister Phan Tam expressed his desire to bring Vietnamese books closer to global readers.

“We appreciate the spirit of openness and respect that the Frankfurt Book Fair has maintained and promoted over the decades. This year, more than 20 Vietnamese publishers and cultural organizations attended the book fair, bringing more than 1,200 titles in many fields - from literature, history, culture, children to science and digital publishing. Nearly 100 delegates attended, expressing the common aspiration to bring Vietnamese books closer to global readers,” Deputy Minister Phan Tam emphasized.

Hanoi city's book exhibition space. Photo: CXB

Through the Frankfurt Book Fair, Vietnam hopes to promote cooperation in co-publishing, translation, copyright exchange, as well as expand investment in digital publishing, e-books, audiobooks and international copyright platforms - so that Vietnamese stories reach readers everywhere faster and more conveniently, so that Vietnam becomes a creative, dynamic and trustworthy partner in the global publishing community.

On the afternoon of October 15, the Vietnamese delegation worked with the Vietnamese Consulate General in Frankfurt. At the meeting, the Vietnamese delegation presented books to the Frankfurt Consulate and the Vietnamese community in Frankfurt.

Book display space of Kim Dong Publishing House. Photo: CXB

This year, more than 20 Vietnamese units attended the Frankfurt Book Fair with over 1,200 books in many fields: Culture, history, literature, popular science, children's books, digital transformation and digital publishing.

The total exhibition area of the Vietnam Book Space is about 100m2. All Vietnamese booths are present in Hall 5.1, located in a convenient location. Nearly 100 delegates representing publishers, businesses, cultural organizations and management agencies participated, demonstrating a strong spirit of integration and the desire to bring Vietnamese books to the international level.

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