Vietnam book publisher turns to selling food to survive pandemic


One of the country's biggest book publishers, Fahasa, has started selling food on their website during the pandemic. — Screenshot from Fahasa.com

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): As book sales plummet during the Covid-19 lockdown, one of the leading publishers in Vietnam has made the unorthodox decision to sell food via its website.

During the pandemic, Ho Chi Minh City Book Distribution Joint Stock Company (Fahasa) has had to close most of its 120 bookstores across the country except some in the northern parts while revenue in July 2021 was only 30 per cent of the same period last year.

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