Thế Giới Publishers (, literally "World Publishers") is

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's official foreign language publishing house.

Company history

The publishing house was established in 1957 "to introduce readers around the world to Vietnam" through publications in English, French and other foreign languages. From 1957 to 1992 it was known as the Foreign Languages Publishing House and also as the Editions en Langues Etrangères (). It also now publishes bilingual books and books in Vietnamese and publishes ''Vietnam Cultural Window'' an English language bi-monthly illustrated magazine, as well as a quarterly academic journal, ''Vietnamese Studies'' and its French version, ''Etudes Vietnamiennes''. Thế Giới also offers consultancy services using its experience in

translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

and

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

for cooperative ventures in the book industry, printing and translation.

Subject specialities

Thế Giới publications cover a wide range of topics: * General information about Vietnam: geography, history, ethnic groups, religion, etc. * Politics and current events * Socio-economic life * Culture and tourism * Literature and the arts * Science and technology * Warfare * Notable people * Dictionaries and reference books * Teaching and learning Vietnamese

Book series

Under ''Foreign Languages Publishing House'' imprint

* Hibiscus Series

Under ''Editions en Langues Etrangères'' imprint

* Fleuve rouge (English, "Red River") * Hibiscus Collection

Under ''The Gioi'' imprint

* Frequently Asked Questions About Vietnamese CultureFrequently Asked Questions about Vietnamese Culture (The Gioi Publishers) - Book Series List
publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 3 March 2021. * The Many Faces of Vietnam * Memoirs of War Series * Tủ sách gương mặt Việt Nam (English, "Faces of Vietnam Bookshelf") * Tủ sách Việt Nam: Viện Viễn Đông Bác Cổ / Bibliothèque Vietnamienne: École francaise d'Extrême-Orient * Vietnamese Tales and Legends Series * Visages du Vietnam (English, "Faces of Vietnam")

References

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