One month may be too short for me to make this conclusion, that theVietnamese people are a well-read people, but I will make that conclusion here. They are not just a well-read people, they are also a literary people. Books are everywhere, and everywhere there are books. Books are read, and written by, the Vietnamese people, and what really impresses me is that many of the people I saw buying books were young people.
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I love to read books, and I don’t just love to read books. I also love to visit small and independent bookstores because I want to collect books and I know most bookshop owners are also book lovers. They are, in fact, book experts! So, it was a good surprise to learn that Hanoi has an independent bookstore selling English books. And that was the reason why we were headed to the West Lake on a Friday afternoon. Continue reading “West Lake and the Best Little Bookstore in Southeast Asia”
Psyche Castillon 