Saturday, April 28, 2007

Vietnam to have encyclopedia on women

12:29' 17/04/2007 (GMT+7)

Vice President Truong My Hoa and editors.VietNamNet Bridge – Vice President Truong My Hoa met with editors of a book titled Almanac of Mothers and Women on April 16 in Hanoi.

This book was printed 21 years ago in 1986 with only 500 14.5x20.5cm pages. This time, however, the book will be turned into a mini encyclopedia of women: 1,800 to 1,900 copies with 21x31cm pages with thousands of pictures.

The book will cover a wide range of areas such as famous women in history including politicians, politiciansa, presidents, ministers, and winners of prestigious prizes such as Nobel, Cannes, Oscar, Golden Palm; famous love poems and poems extolling the mother; winners of Miss Vietnam and Miss World.

There will also be sections on how to raise children, cook, eat, and live as well as health, beauty and exercise tips.

With the participation of many leading professors and experts from different fields, the almanac promises to be an interesting and useful read. The book will hit bookstores at the beginning of October, 2007.
Ha Nguyen

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