The festival will feature renowned foreign artists such as German conductor Alexander Mickelthwate and bassoonist Sebastian Chaves, along with local artists and teachers of the Vietnam National Academy of Music. The annual event aims to respond to the Prime Minister’s decision of selecting April 21 as Vietnam Book Day. Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day seeks to honour the role and importance of books in education and social life, as well as promoting reading culture in the nation. Long was a coach of the Vietnam national karate team, the Hanoi karate team and the People's Police Karate team. Young writers’ comic on Vietnamese history releasedA comic series on Vietnamese history during the Trịnh and Nguyễn dynasties have been released by the Thanh Niên (Young People) Publishing House.
