A newspaper festival to welcome New Year 2011 will be held January 20 and 21 from 9 a.m. at the Youth Cultural Center, 1 Pham Ngoc Thach St., HCMC’s District 1.
The festival will feature 45 booths from all the national print newspapers, magazines, radio news and electronic newspapers. Well-known reporters will be there to talk to visitors and discuss the special editions for the Lunar New Year.
One booth will display the cover pages of all the newspapers and have pictorial displays about 12 remarkable news events in 2010.
Visitors can relax in the Tet corner with special Lunar New Year editions to read over while enjoying a free drink. Participants can also vote for their favorite newspapers in a poll run by the organizers. Students will receive free copies of their favorite papers.
Other attractions include music, drama, health consultancy, circus, juggling and food. Amazing prizes will be granted to readers and visitors who come on stage to perform with the artists.
A music & fashion gala named “Thong diep mua xuan 2011†(A note from Spring 2011) featuring entertainment by Nguyen Phi Hung Jimmy Nguyen, Vietnam Idol 2008’s finalist Thanh Duy and special guests will be held at 7:30 p.m. on January 20.
The festival is organized by the HCMC Department of Information and Communications and HCMC Journalists’ Association.