2022 is a special year for everyone because we need to adapt to the change to recover our economy after 2 years of the pandemic. 2022 is also the milestone that marks the 15-year journey of formation and development of Thai Ha Books. With the spirit of Transformation, Thai Ha Books expects to not only promote existing strengths but also change and digitize to meet and keep up with current trends.

In the last days of 2022, let’s take a look back on the highlights of Thai Ha Books in the past year and check out our development goals in the new year 2023.

I. HIGHLIGHT EVENTS

The whole year 2022 has been a memorable journey of Thai Ha Books with an impressive series of events and awards.

1. Vietnam Reading Promotion Project Launched

“No matter how small the scale is, the more people work together, the greater it becomes. No matter how tough the task is, the more people work together, the easier it is done. The same goes for the aim to develop a reading culture. No matter how hard it is, the more we work together, the sooner we achieve,” – said Mr. Hung, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thai Ha Books.

Having experience of traveling to many countries around the world, Mr. Hung is always concerned about the low reading rate of Vietnamese people. For a country to develop, its people must acquire knowledge. And reading is for sure the shortest and most valid way to knowledge.

In this regard, the Vietnam Reading Promotion Project was officially launched on February 22, 2022.

2. Thai Ha Books receiving a certificate of merit at the Hanoi Book Street conference of summarizing 5 – year – operation 

On the morning of May 7, 2022, a conference to summarize the 5 years of operation of Hanoi Book Street took place. The event had the participation of representatives from the city, Hoan Kiem district  and Central Agency.

For 5 years, Thai Ha Books has always closely accompanied the book street. Thai Ha Books have held 6 book fairs including seasonal book fairs in spring, autumn and winter. 19 Thai Ha book release events, talk shows with author and translators have taken place. We have also organized various community activities such as exchanging books for trees, exchanging paper for trees, books donation to build bookcases for mountainous area children, Christmas music show, etc. Besides, Thai Ha Books also carried out real 3D illustrations of books, book maze, artificial snow, etc.

3. Reading Promotion Fair 01, 02, 03

Reading Promotion Fair is one of the activities under the framework of Vietnam Reading Promotion project. This is a playground for those who love books and want to contribute to the reading community and the Vietnam Reading Promotion Fund.

In 2022, Thai Ha Books cooperated with a variety of diverse businesses to organize 03 fairs.

Reading Promotion Fair 01 was held from September 23 to September 25, 2022 at Hanoi Book Street, Hoan Kiem District.

Reading Promotion Fair 02 was held from December 22 to December 25, 2022 at Discovery Complex Hall, 302 Cau Giay, Hanoi.

Reading Promotion Fair 03 was held from December 29, 2022 to January 2, 2023 at Nguyen Van Binh book street, Ho Chi Minh City.

After the events, the booths together contributed 15-20% of the revenue to the Vietnam Reading Promotion Fund, looking forward to building community bookcases.

4. “Across-Vietnam” Book Fair

“Across-Vietnam” Book Fair was established in April 2021, involving 6 leading professional and reputable publishing units in Vietnam: Young Publishing House Bookstore, Thai Ha Books, Nha Nam, Minh Long, Dinh Ti and Saigon Books.

In 2022, the “Across-Vietnam” Book Fair took place in:

Ho Chi Minh: Nguyen Van Binh Book Street, District 1 (February 22 – 27, 2022)

Hue: Hue Craft Villages Cultural Center, 15 Le Loi, Vinh Ninh Ward, Hue City (April 12 – April 17, 2022)

Da Nang: Da Nang General Sciences Library, 46 Bach Dang, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City. (April 20 – April 24, 2022)

Phu Yen: Youth Park, Ward 5, City. Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen (April 20 – April 24, 2022)

Ho Chi Minh: Van Lang Park, 283 An Duong Vuong, Ward 9, District 5, City. Ho Chi Minh City (November 15 – November 20, 2022)

5. Thai Ha Book Fair Series

After a long period of epidemic, when community activities such as Book Fair were forced to close, 2022 is an “explosive” year to come back with exciting book fairs organized by Thai Ha Books.

Spring Book Fair 2022 (January 29 – February 6): held at Hanoi Book Street as part of the Spring Book of the Year of the Tiger 2022.

Couple Book Fair (April 15 – April 17): The ideal dating spot for book lovers in Hanoi after long days of separation. The book fair was held at Discovery Complex Hall, 302 Cau Giay, Hanoi and attracted a large number of visitors.

Birthday Book Fair (June 2022): A look back on a 15-year-journey, Thai Ha Books has had a meaningful and happy journey. The 15th birthday book fair was held in June, 2022 in both Southern and Northern Vietnam to pay tribute to our readers with good books and 15 most-popular books of Thai Ha.

Stock Free Book Fairs: held in Hanoi (December 22 – December 25,  2022) and  Ho Chi Minh City (December 29, 2022 – January 2, 2023)

6. Book ATM 

With the desire to spread the reading culture to the community, the Book ATM project was officially launched on January 4, 2022. There have been meaningful activities to promote reading, thereby fostering the desire to acquire knowledge actively. The Book ATM project has been implemented in schools, agencies and community organizations. Since the launch date, there have been 95 community bookcases (data updated on December 31, 2022) built in different locations across the country

7. White Cane ATM 

On October 13, 2022, Thai Ha Books announced the White Cane ATM project.

On the same day, Thai Ha Books donated 220 white canes to blind people through the Hanoi Association of the Blind.

On November 18, 2022, 100 white sticks was sent to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hue – representative of the Association of the Blind in Bac Ninh province.

On December 9, 2022, Mr. Tue, on behalf of Thai Ha Books, gave 100 white canes to the Association of the Blind in Thai Binh Province.

Thus, so far, more than 400 white canes have been given away in the last quarter of 2022. Thai Ha Books hopes that, with timely help, the lives of visually impaired people will be assisted better, such efforts are expected to lessen the worries and make their daily lives more convenient. 

8. Well ATM 

In Bodhgaya (India), there is a serious water shortage, people have to walk 3km to find a well, decant water drops and put on their heads to transport water to homes. Their greatest wish is simply a well drilled in the village, so that they no longer have to go far to fetch water.

For that reason, the first “well ATM” was given to the people of Bodhgaya on the first days of November 2022. Not long after that, the second “well ATM” also operated on November 10, 2022.

9. Thai Ha Books receive good book award  

On September 18, 2022, at the 11th GOODBOOKS AWARDS Award, the book “Vietnam in the digital transformation era” won the prize of Management Books category. The award was jointly organized by the Reading Promotion Project (founded in 2007 by enthusiastic intellectuals), IRED Education Institute (an independent non-profit educational institute) and the OpenEdu Initiative (online liberal knowledge portal).

10. Thai Ha Books receive national book award  

In the 5th National Book Award, Thai Ha Books was honored to win 2 prizes in the categories of Social Sciences and Humanities, Natural Sciences and Technology, respectively:

Prize A: Hoàng Việt nhất thống dư địa chí – written by Le Quang Dinh, translated by Phan Dang.

Prize C: Bác sĩ tốt nhất của nhà mình – written by  Dr. Tran Quoc Khanh.

Thai Ha Books is honored to be the only unit to win the A prize (After the preliminary and the final round, the Award Council has decided to grant the prizes to 26 books and book series, including 1 A prize (in the category of Social Sciences and Humanities), 9 B prizes and 16 C prizes).

II. TOP 15 OUTSTANDING BOOKS

In addition to organizing events to furtherly connect with readers, Thai Ha Books also has made many new strides in the publishing process, releasing limited edition books with special materials. See the 15 most outstanding books in 2022 here: