Vietnam
Vietnamese Section of IBBY
8th Floor
260-262 Ba Trieu Str.
Hai Ba Trung Dist.
Hanoi
Tel. [int. +84] 912372839
E-mail: ibby.vietnam@gmail.com
Liaison Officers
Ms Le Thi Thu Hien
(address of the section)
Mr Phan Quang Cuong
E-mail: cuongpq.hn@gmail.com
(address of the section)
The National Section of Vietnam is based on the Bridging Foundation Company Limited, which promotes children’s literature through publishing and reading promotion programs.
Its current activities include:
- Encouraging authors in Vietnam to write stories for children
- Dowa Hanataba Contest, coordination with JX Nippon Oil & Energy Vietnam Consulting and Holding
- Publishing picture books (books translated from Japanese to Vietnamese)
- Giving Ehon (Japan) books to libraries for free to children
- Organizing reading books for children as free activities on weekends (mostly in Hanoi, since March 2014)