00:00 Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim on Friday spent about an hour visiting Hanoi
00:07 Book Street, the most famous designated book area on 19/12th Street.
00:12 Anwar, who is on a two-day official visit to Vietnam, was accompanied by his Vietnamese
00:16 counterpart Pham Minh Chin.
00:19 During the visit, Anwar also presented his host with two books, titled "Script for a
00:23 Better Malaysia" and "Malaysia Blooms Foliation Fruits", while Phap gifted him with a book
00:29 titled "Wandering Through Vietnamese Culture".
00:31 The 200-meter-long Book Street was opened in 2017 and currently comprises 16 bookstores,
00:37 including shops of famous publishers and book companies with local and international authors.
00:43 After the visit to Book Street, Anwar proceeded to join the Muslim community in Hanoi to perform
00:47 Friday prayers at the Al-Noor Mosque, the only mosque in the city.
00:52 The Prime Minister also spent some time interacting with the Imam and the congregants, and presented
00:56 his personal donation to the mosque committee for the benefit of the Hanoi Muslim community.
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