The Vietnam Records Book Center (Vietkings) is planning to seek 200 more food and fruit specialties across the country to add to its collection of over 300 listed in the last 3 years in an attempt to promote specialties to tourists.

In an effort to draw young readers back to the classics, Phan Thi Comic Company is turning the likes of Vu Trong Phung’s Giong to (The Storms) to picture books.

Since coming into existence, Vietnamese literature has been rich in folklore and proverbs; tales that have been handed down from generation to generation, gradually becoming valuable treasures.

Vietnamese literary tradition has evolved through the multiple events that have marked the country’s history. New literary movements can usually be observed every ten years but in the last century, Vietnamese literature underwent several literary transitions.

Among the 54 Vietnamese ethnic groups some have had their own scripts for a long time and some have not preserved their ancient scripts. As a matter of fact, some ethnic groups consisting of some hundreds of individuals living in remote areas have their own languages.