Viet Nam News HCM CITY – Collectors of HCM City are hunting for comic series published in Việt Nam 20-30 years ago. In 1992, Kim Đồng Publishing House, the leading publisher of children’s books in Việt Nam, released Japanese manga Doraemon by Fujiko F. Fujio, which was considered the first comic series published in the country. The series quickly became a hit phenomenon among Vietnamese children in the 1980s and early 1990s. Trần Bảo Ngọc, 36, of Biên Hòa City in Đồng Nai Province, said that she was in primary school when Doraemon was released. “I was jealous of my friend who could buy the book,” she said. “When I was secondary student, I could save my small amount of money to rent or buy books. I was very happy.” Ngọc said when she was a child, there was no internet, so manga books were special. “I am now grown up and can earn money. I want to find those old manga series that remind me of my childhood.” Bùi Tuyền, a comic book collector who moved to HCM City from Hà Nội, said many people could pay millions of đồng to buy rare and popular comic series. Dũng sĩ Hesman (Hero Hesman), a Vietnamese science-fiction comic series created by artist Nguyễn Hùng Lân from 1992 to 1996, is selling for VNĐ8-10 million (US$343-429), while Doraemon published in 1992 costs VNĐ5-6 million ($214-257). Tuyền, who began collecting comic books five years ago, said: “The hunt pushed the price of old… [Read full story]
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