Hanoi – Vietnam leaves imprints at Frankfurt International Book Fair 2019

Discussing at the Vietnamese booth

Hanoi – Vietnam’s booth continued impressing visitors at one of the most significant publishing event in the world – the Frankfurt International Book Fair 2019 beginning from mid-October.

The 71st holding of the book fair held at the Exhibition Center of Messe Frankfurt, Germany welcomed over 300,000 visitors, 5.5 % more than the last one held in 2018. The event marked the participation of nearly 7,500 exhibitors from 104 countries and territories with several activities, panels, and talkshows on social media. 

Hanoi – Vietnam’s booth with the theme “Hanoi- City for Peace” was located on an area of 140 square meters sharing the same quarter with those of other ASEAN countries.

This is the largest-ever booth of Vietnam in the country’s history of participation at the Frankfurt International Book Fair, which was set up according to the unique designation of Thang Long – Hanoi.

Vice Chairman of the Ha Noi People' Committee Ngo Van Quy (left) signed the MoU with the Frankfurt International Book Fair's President Juergen Boos.

During the book fair, a representative of Hanoi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Frankfurt International Book Fair’s President Juergen Boos on promoting cooperation between the two sides in the fields of publishing, copyrights, expert training, international book fair holding and translating books from Vietnamese to German and vice-versa.

Hanoi will also coordinate with relevant agencies to promote the goal of making Vietnam an Honorary Guest at the Frankfurt International Book Fair.

Besides, there were several activities taken place at the Hanoi-Vietnam booth that drew the attention of international friends including exhibition, book launching, copyright exchanging and promoting tourism in combination with Hanoi – Vietnam’s culture and cuisine introduction.