Kim Đồng Publishing House () is the largest printing and publishing company in Vietnam mainly focused on education and comic-related books and magazines for children, teenager boys and adolescent girls. With more than a thousand titles of books published yearly, its books are offered to children of all ages, providing a wide range of collections and genres from literature, science, art, history to comics, pop-up and board books. The publishing company was named after a Kim Đồng, a young Viet Minh fighter who died in 1943.
Overview Besides working with local authors and artists, Kim Dong publishing house has been expanding their co-operation with more than 70 foreign publishers to find new topics and book types. Amongst those publishers, they have been working closely with Dorling Kindersley, HarperCollins UK, Simon and Schuster UK, Dami International, Shogakukan Inc., Seoul Publishing House, etc.
Together with publishing and producing, Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng is also the holder of many movements of books, comics, songs, poems, creation for the children. The publisher also takes part in many social events, such as the Doraemon Scholarship Fund, supporting maintain of Bà mẹ Việt Nam anh hùng (literally meaning Heroic Vietnamese Mother), building book collections for the poor Vietnamese communes, building schools for the people in mountainous regions, etc.
Currently, the Publisher's head office was located at the address: number 55, Quang Trung street, Hanoi. Its two branches are located at number 169, Trần Phú street, Đà Nẵng and at number 268, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu street, Ho Chi Minh City.
The publishing house was founded on 17 June 1957. Its General Director is Mr Pham Quang Vinh. There are around a hundred staff, a thousand titles per annum, and 12,000,000 copies of books every month. Genres include literature, art, science, comics, etc.
Creation of Kim Đồng Publishing House Right after its establishment, the government of North Vietnam paid attention to the education of children, and considered arts and literature as the most important parts in the new generation's education.
In the years 1945–1946, children's books were published at Hanoi by Hội Văn hóa Cứu quốc (National Salvating Culture Association) and Nhà xuất bản Cứu quốc (National Salvation Publishing house). After the outbreak of the First Indochina War, in 1948 the books were published at Việt Bắc war zone by the partnership of Tủ sách Kim Đồng (Kim Đồng Bookshelf) and "Hoa kháng chiến" Publisher. The war ended in 1954, and Tủ sách Kim Đồng continued to publish books as a part of Nhà xuất bản Thanh niên (Youth Publishing House).
Then, at the Second Letters and Arts Congress (February 1957), creating books for children was stated as a very important mission for Vietnam, hence in this congress people started to prepare for an establishment of a new publisher particularly serve the Vietnamese children and junior citizens.
Not very long after that, on March 16, 1957, a meeting about establishing a publisher for children was held at the head office of Hội Văn nghệ Việt Nam (Vietnam's Letters and Arts Association), with the participation of 12 people who then became the founders of the new publisher.
The new publisher was officially founded on June 17, 1957, with the name Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng (Kim Đồng Publishing House). The name "Kim Đồng" was proposed by the writer Tô Hoài, as Kim Đồng is also the name of a famous teenage revolutionary martyr. The new publisher was considered as the successor of the former Kim Đồng Bookshelf. The first General Director was the well-known writer and drama-writer Nguyễn Huy Tưởng. The foundation of the publisher was announced in the daily newspapers on the next day.
The first head office of the publisher was at the number 55, Quang Trung street, Hai Bà Trưng District, Hanoi.
Some notable works published by Kim Đồng Publishing House
Modern Vietnamese literature
Dế mèn phiêu lưu ký (The Adventures of a Cricket), a well-known fiction of Tô Hoài. Đất rừng phương Nam (The Southern forest land). Lá cờ thêu sáu chữ vàng (The flag embroidered with the six golden words), a novel by Nguyễn Huy Tưởng. Góc sân và khoảng trời (The yard corner and the sky interval), a poem-collection created by the well-known Vietnamese poet Trần Đăng Khoa Kính Vạn Hoa (The Kaleidoscope), a well-known fiction of Nguyễn Nhật Ánh.
Foreign comics Kim Đồng Publishing House is one of the largest manga publishers in Vietnam
Vietnamese NameOriginal nameDemographicAuthorOriginal PublisherCountryPublished YearStatusNote Đô-rê-monDoraemonYoung childrenFujiko F. FujioShogakukanJapanFinishedIt was illegally published in 1993–1994 from a Thai translation. However, the next edition was published legally with the permission of Shogakukan. Of course, the Kim Đồng Publishing House had to pay the copyright money for the first illegal publishing and then both the publishers used that money to create the Doraemon Scholarship Fund.Perman - Cậu bé siêu nhânPermanYoung childrenFujiko F. 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ShōnenKazuki Takahashi ShūeishaJapan2016FinishedVua Pháp SưShaman KingShōnenHiroyuki TakeiShūeishaJapan2016FinishedGintamaGintamaShōnenSorachi HideakiShūeishaJapan2014OngoingHikaru - Kì thủ cờ vâyHikaru no GoShōnenObata Takeshi, Yumi HottaShūeishaJapan2015FinishedBakumanBakumanShōnenObata Takeshi, Ōba TsugumiShūeishaJapan2009FinishedBasaraBasaraShōjoTamura YumiShogakukanJapan2014Finished7 mầm sống7 SeedsJoseiTamura YumiShogakukanJapan2007FinishedToraji Phiêu Lưu Kí Neko Mix Genkitan TorajiShōjoTamura YumiShogakukanJapan2016FinishedThủy thủ Mặt TrăngSailor MoonShōjoTakeuchi NaokoKodanshaJapan2017FinishedHoney và CloverHoney and CloverSeinenUmino ChikaShūeishaJapan2015FinishedSư tử tháng 3Sangatsu no LionSeinenUmino ChikaHakusenshaJapan2017OngoingTiệm thú kiểngPet Shop of HorrorsShōjoAkino Matsuri OhzoraJapan2015OngoingXXXHolicXxxHolicSeinenCLAMPKodanshaJapan2015FinishedTsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-ShōnenCLAMPKodanshaJapan2015FinishedThủ lĩnh thẻ bài SakuraCardcaptor SakuraShōjoCLAMPKodanshaJapan2015FinishedHaikyu!! - Chàng khổng lồ tí honHaikyu!!ShōnenFurudate HaruichiShūeishaJapan2016FinishedShin-cậu bé bút chìCrayon Shin-chanYoung childrenYoshito UsuiFutabashaJapanFinishedAsari - Cô bé tinh nghịchAsari-chanYoung childrenMayumi MuroyamaShogakukanJapan2014FinishedSket DanceSket DanceShōnenKenta Shinohara ShūeishaJapan2016FinishedMagi - Mê cung thần thoạiMagi: The Labyrinth of MagicShōnenShinobu OhtakaShogakukanJapan2016FinishedPandora HeartsPandora HeartsShōnenJun MochizukiSquare EnixJapan2014FinishedHồi kí VanitasThe Case Study of VanitasShōnenJun MochizukiSquare EnixJapan2017OngoingHậu duệ của NurarihyonNurahiyon's GrandsonShōnenShībashi HiroshiShūeishaJapan2013FinishedThiên Thần Diệt ThếOwari no SeraphShōnenTakaya KagamiShūeishaJapan2018OngoingCuộc sống hoang dãWild LifeShōnenFujisaki MasatoShogakukanJapan2008FinishedOrange ChocolateOrange ChocolateShōjoNanpei YamadaHakusenshaJapan2016FinishedBách quỷ dạ hành kýHyakki YakoushouSeinenIchiko ImaSonoramaJapan2017OngoingTiếng gọi từ vì sao xaHoshi no KoeSeinenSahara MizuKodanshaJapan2018FinishedCon gái của baMy GirlSeinenSahara MizuShinchoshaJapan2018FinishedBác sĩ ma giớiYoukai no Oisha-sanShōnenYuki SatoKodanshaJapan2018OngoingCâu chuyện tình tôiOre Monogatari!!ShōjoKawahara KazuneShūeishaJapan2018OngoingTrò chơi cút bắtOmoi, Omoware, Furi, FurareShōjoIo SakisakaShūeishaJapan2018OngoingTôi là SakamotoSakamoto desu gaShōjoSano NamiEnterbrainJapan2018FinishedĐầu gấu và bốn mắtYanki-kun to Megane-chanShōjoMiki YoshikawaKodanshaJapan2018OngoingQuái vật bàn bênTonari no Kaibutsu-kunShōjoRobicoKodanshaJapan2017FinishedChú ThoòngOld Master QManhuaAlfonso WongWangZ Inc.Hong Kong2017FinishedÔ Long ViệnWuloom FamilyManhuaYan YouxiangChina TimesTaiwan2010FinishedThư sinh bóng đêmThe Scholar Who Walks the NightManhwaJo Joo-hee, Han Seung-heeSeoul Cultural PublishersKorea2016OngoingTrường Ca HànhSong of the long marchManhuaXia DaChina Times Publishing Co. ShūeishaChina2016OngoingKimi Ni Todoke - Nguyện ước yêu thươngKimi ni TodokeShōjoShiina KaruhoShūeishaJapan2015FinishedHội chứng tuổi thanh xuânRascal Does Not DreamSeinenKamoshida HajimeASCII Media WorksJapan2019FinishedKomi - Nữ thần sợ giao tiếpKomi Can't CommunicateShōnenOda TomohitoShogakukanJapan2021OngoingChú thuật hồi chiếnJujutsu KaisenShōnen Gege AkutamiShūeishaJapan2021OngoingAlya bàn bên thỉnh thoảng lại trêu ghẹo tôi bằng tiếng NgaAlya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in RussianShōnenSunsunsun & MomocoKadokawa ShotenJapan2022OngoingBocchi the Rock!Bocchi the Rock!SeinenHamaji AkiHoubunshaJapan2023OngoingFrieren – Pháp sư tiễn tángFrierenShōnenYamada Kanehito & Abe TsukasaShogakukanJapan2024OngoingChung một mái nhàGimai SeikatsuShōnenGhost Mikawa & HitenKadokawa ShotenJapan2024OngoingKhi "trai" đẹp hẹn hòHow I Attended an All-Guy's MixerShōjoNana AokawaSquare EnixJapan2024OngoingCô nàng Shimotsuki trót phải lòng nhân vật nềnShimotsuki-san Likes the MobShōnenKagami Yagami & RohaMicro Magazine-shaJapan2024Ongoing
Other
TKKG, was published in 1994–1996 with the name "Tứ quái TKKG" (The four strange people, TKKG) Little House on the Prairie, published in 2019.
References
External links Official website