Textbook prices decreased from 2.7-21.6% compared to last year.

In Hai Duong, Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company supplies two sets of books: Connecting knowledge with life and Creative horizons for grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11. The selling price of each set of books is reduced by 2.7-21.6% compared to last year.

In the 2024-2025 school year, the Vietnam Education Publishing House will adjust the selling price of reprinted textbooks according to the 2018 general education program for the upper grades; at the same time, it will build the selling price of textbooks for grades 5, 9, and 12 (published in the first year) according to the reduced price structure of reprinted textbooks. The reduction in textbook prices is to implement the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training on strictly controlling production costs, reducing costs to reduce textbook prices, supporting consumers, and ensuring social security.

Up to this point, Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company has supplied about 4.7 million copies of books from grades 1 to 12 to schools, reaching more than 90% of the plan. This number of books increased by about 13% compared to the total number of books the company supplied in the 2023-2024 school year due to the first year of implementing the new textbook program for grades 5, 9 and 12. The company has issued more than 1.2 million copies of books for grades 5, 9 and 12 to schools. It is expected that the output will continue to increase because up to this point, schools are still sending orders. For grade 10 students, high schools are still dividing classes and selecting subjects, so the company is still receiving orders for books from schools.

Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company is urgently coordinating with the publisher to supply the remaining books to schools with the spirit of delivering the books to the schools as soon as they arrive. It is expected that the company will supply the ordered books and the additional books (if any) to the schools before the new school year starts.

Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company is a supplier of books to most schools in Hai Duong province.

Schools in the province have posted and informed parents of the list and types of books for them to buy for their children. In particular, schools have introduced the application of Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company for parents to download, register to buy books and pay on the application. Schools only act as intermediaries to receive books from Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company to deliver to students. Currently, schools in the province have delivered books to students upon receiving books from suppliers.

Principals of many schools said that registering to buy books through the application of Hai Duong Books and Educational Equipment Joint Stock Company helps parents avoid the trouble of going to stores to choose books because according to the new general education program, there are many books from different series; avoiding pirated and fake books. However, there are also parents who buy books for their children at retail stores.