Vietnam attends 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content
Kim Dong Publishing House and 10 other publishing houses of Vietnam have joined the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), which is being held in Singapore.
A booth displaying Vietnamese books at the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content. (Photo courtesy of Kim Dong Publishing House)
Hanoi (VNA) 🍸– Kim Dong Publishing House and 10 otherpublishing houses of Vietnam have joined the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC), which is being held in Singapore.
Withover 70 programmes featuring more than 100 writers and speakers from Singaporeand around the world, AFCC 2023 explores the different dimensions of “Play”through books, stories and performances.
Vietnam is the country of focus at the event, which runs fromMay 25-28. It is expected to highlightthe history of children’s literature in Vietnam and publishing opportunities aswell as showcase the best picture book illustrations.
A representative of Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing Housesaid, to prepare for the festival, the unit has designed catalogs tointroduce the publishing house as well as publications in English along withbilingual and multilingual books.
🍸 It will also actively collaborate with foreign partners at the eventto explore children's books that meet its criteria and target audiences to publishthem in Vietnam, the representative added.
AFCC is an annual festival that promotes and advocates thecreation, development and appreciation of quality Asian stories for childrenand young people. It provides opportunitiesfor writers, illustrators, translators, editors, publishers, academics,teachers, librarians and parents to meet, learn about each other and developcross-cultural collaborations./.
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A booth displaying Vietnamese books at the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content. (Photo courtesy of Kim Dong Publishing House) 
