As book sales plummet during the COVID-19 lockdown, one of the leading publishers in Viet Nam has made the unorthodox decision to sell food via its website.
COVID-19 means many people are staying at home but it can’t force them to read. Impacted by the pandemic, Viet Nam’s largest bookstore has seen a in sales, with profits falling up to 90 per cent.
Fahasa Nguyen Hue Book Store in HCM City’s District 1 yesterday unveiled a dedicated area for selling books, stationery and souvenirs imported from South Korea together with Korea-based Kyobo Book Centre Co Ltd.
Viet Nam’s biggest bookstore chain, the HCM City Book Distribution Joint Stock Company (Fahasa), will debut over nine million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on November 1 with the code FHS.
HCM City Book Distribution JSC (Fahasa) opened its 21st bookstore in the
city, and its 76th in the country, at Big C City Land at 99 Nguyen Thi
Thap Street in District 7 yesterday.
The Book Distribution Joint Stock Company (FAHASA) has been listed as
one of the top 500 retailers in the Asia-Pacific region by
Singapore-based Retail Asia magazine.