# Kim Đồng Publishing House

Kim Đồng Publishing House (Vietnamese: Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng) 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 Bookself. 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 Name | Original name | Demographic | Author | Original Publisher | Country | Published Year | Status | Note |
| Đô-rê-mon | Doraemon | Yound children | Fujiko F. Fujio | Shogakukan | Japan | | Finished | It 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 nhân | Perman | Young children | Fujiko F. Fujio | Shogakukan | Japan | 2017 | Finished |
| Chie Cô bé hạt tiêu | Jarinko Chie | Seinen | Etsumi Haruki | Futabasha | Japan | 2014 | Finished |
| Ninja Rantaro | Rakudai Ninja Rantarō | Seinen | Amako Sōbē | Asahi Gakusei Shimbun | Japan | 2008 | Finished |
| Itto - cơn lốc sân cỏ | Kattobi Itto | Shōnen | Motoki Monma | Shūeisha | Japan | 2009 | Finished |
| Bảy viên ngọc rồng | Dragon Ball | Shōnen | Toriyama Akira | Shūeisha | Japan | 2008 | Finished |
| Dr. Slump | Dr. Slump | Shōnen | Toriyama Akira | Shūeisha | Japan | 2012 | Finished |
| Thám tử lừng danh Conan | Detective Conan | Shōnen | Aoyama Gosho | Shogakukan | Japan | 2008 | Ongoing |
| Hunter x Hunter | Hunter x Hunter | Shōnen | Yoshihiro Togashi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2017 | Ongoing |
| Hành trình U Linh Giới | Yu Yu Hakusho | Shōnen | Yoshihiro Togashi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| One Piece | One Piece | Shōnen | Eiichiro Oda | Shūeisha | Japan | 2008 | Ongoing |
| One-Punch Man | One Punch Man | Shōnen | Yusuke Murata | Shūeisha | Japan | 2017 | Ongoing |
| Gia sư Hitman Reborn | Katekyo Hitman Reborn | Shōnen | Amano Akira | Shūeisha | Japan | 2007 | Finished |
| Eyeshield 21 | Eyeshield 21 | Shōnen | Riichiro Inagaki | Shūeisha | Japan | 2010 | Finished |
| Học viện siêu anh hùng | My Hero Academia | Shōnen | Kōhei Horikoshi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! - Vua Trò chơi | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Shōnen | Kazuki Takahashi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| Vua Pháp Sư | Shaman King | Shōnen | Hiroyuki Takei | Shūeisha | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| Gintama | Gintama | Shōnen | Sorachi Hideaki | Shūeisha | Japan | 2014 | Ongoing |
| Hikaru - Kì thủ cờ vây | Hikaru no Go | Shōnen | Obata Takeshi, Yumi Hotta | Shūeisha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Bakuman | Bakuman | Shōnen | Obata Takeshi, Ōba Tsugumi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2009 | Finished |
| Basara | Basara | Shōjo | Tamura Yumi | Shogakukan | Japan | 2014 | Finished |
| 7 mầm sống | 7 Seeds | Josei | Tamura Yumi | Shogakukan | Japan | 2007 | Finished |
| Toraji Phiêu Lưu Kí | Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji | Shōjo | Tamura Yumi | Shogakukan | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| Thủy thủ Mặt Trăng | Sailor Moon | Shōjo | Takeuchi Naoko | Kodansha | Japan | 2017 | Finished |
| Honey và Clover | Honey and Clover | Seinen | Umino Chika | Shūeisha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Sư tử tháng 3 | Sangatsu no Lion | Seinen | Umino Chika | Hakusensha | Japan | 2017 | Ongoing |
| Tiệm thú kiểng | Pet Shop of Horrors | Shōjo | Akino Matsuri | Ohzora | Japan | 2015 | Ongoing |
| XXXHolic | XxxHolic | Seinen | CLAMP | Kodansha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- | Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- | Shōnen | CLAMP | Kodansha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Thủ lĩnh thẻ bài Sakura | Cardcaptor Sakura | Shōjo | CLAMP | Kodansha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Haikyu!! - Chàng khổng lồ tí hon | Haikyu!! | Shōnen | Furudate Haruichi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2016 | Finished | |
| Shin-cậu bé bút chì | Crayon Shin-chan | Young children | Yoshito Usui | Futabasha | Japan | | Finished |
| Asari - Cô bé tinh nghịch | Asari-chan | Young children | Mayumi Muroyama | Shogakukan | Japan | 2014 | Finished |
| Sket Dance | Sket Dance | Shōnen | Kenta Shinohara | Shūeisha | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| Magi - Mê cung thần thoại | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | Shōnen | Shinobu Ohtaka | Shogakukan | Japan | 2016 | Finished |
| Pandora Hearts | Pandora Hearts | Shōnen | Jun Mochizuki | Square Enix | Japan | 2014 | Finished |
| Hồi kí Vanitas | The Case Study of Vanitas | Shōnen | Jun Mochizuki | Square Enix | Japan | 2017 | Ongoing |
| Hậu duệ của Nurarihyon | Nurahiyon's Grandson | Shōnen | Shībashi Hiroshi | Shūeisha | Japan | 2013 | Finished |
| Thiên Thần Diệt Thế | Owari no Seraph | Shōnen | Takaya Kagami | Shūeisha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Cuộc sống hoang dã | Wild Life | Shōnen | Fujisaki Masato | Shogakukan | Japan | 2008 | Finished |
| Orange Chocolate | Orange Chocolate | Shōjo | Nanpei Yamada | Hakusensha | Japan | 2016 | Finished | |
| Bách quỷ dạ hành ký | Hyakki Yakoushou | Seinen | Ichiko IMA | Sonorama | Japan | 2017 | Ongoing |
| Tiếng gọi từ vì sao xa | Hoshi no Koe | Seinen | Sahara Mizu | Kodansha | Japan | 2018 | Finished |
| Con gái của ba | My Girl | Seinen | Sahara Mizu | Shinchosha | Japan | 2018 | Finished |
| Bác sĩ ma giới | Youkai no Oisha-san | Shōnen | Yuki Sato | Kodansha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Câu chuyện tình tôi | Ore Monogatari!! | Shōjo | Kawahara Kazune | Shūeisha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Trò chơi cút bắt | Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare | Shōjo | Io Sakisaka | Shūeisha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Tôi là Sakamoto | Sakamoto desu ga | Shōjo | Sano Nami | Enterbrain | Japan | 2018 | Finished |
| Đầu gấu và bốn mắt | Yanki-kun to Megane-chan | Shōjo | Miki Yoshikawa | Kodansha | Japan | 2018 | Ongoing |
| Quái vật bàn bên | Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun | Shōjo | Robico | Kodansha | Japan | 2017 | Finished |
| Chú Thoòng | Old Master Q | Manhua | Alfonso Wong | WangZ Inc. | Hong Kong | 2017 | Finished |
| Ô Long Viện | Wuloom Family | Manhua | Yan Youxiang | China Times | Taiwan | 2010 | Finished | |
| Thư sinh bóng đêm | The Scholar Who Walks the Night | Manhwa | Jo Joo-hee, Han Seung-hee | Seoul Cultural Publishers | Korea | 2016 | Ongoing |
| Trường Ca Hành | Song of the long march | Manhua | Xia Da | China Times Publishing Co. Shūeisha | China | 2016 | Ongoing |
| Kimi Ni Todoke - Nguyện ước yêu thương | Kimi ni Todoke | Shōjo | Shiina Karuho | Shūeisha | Japan | 2015 | Finished |
| Hội chứng tuổi thanh xuân | Rascal Does Not Dream | Seinen | Kamoshida Hajime | ASCII Media Works | Japan | 2019 | Finished |
| Komi - Nữ thần sợ giao tiếp | Komi Can't Communicate | Shōnen | Oda Tomohito | Shogakukan | Japan | 2021 | Ongoing |
| Chú thuật hồi chiến | Jujutsu Kaisen | Shōnen | Gege Akutami | Shūeisha | Japan | 2021 | Ongoing |
| Alya bàn bên thỉnh thoảng lại trêu ghẹo tôi bằng tiếng Nga | Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian | Shōnen | Sunsunsun & Momoco | Kadokawa Shoten | Japan | 2022 | Ongoing |
| Bocchi the Rock! | Bocchi the Rock! | Seinen | Hamaji Aki | Houbunsha | Japan | 2023 | Ongoing |
| Frieren – Pháp sư tiễn táng | Frieren | Shōnen | Yamada Kanehito & Abe Tsukasa | Shogakukan | Japan | 2024 | Ongoing |
| Chung một mái nhà | Gimai Seikatsu | Shōnen | Ghost Mikawa & Hiten | Kadokawa Shoten | Japan | 2024 | Ongoing |
| Khi "trai" đẹp hẹn hò | How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer | Shōjo | Nana Aokawa | Square Enix | Japan | 2024 | Ongoing |
| Cô nàng Shimotsuki trót phải lòng nhân vật nền | Shimotsuki-san Likes the Mob | Shōnen | Kagami Yagami & Roha | Micro Magazine-sha | Japan | 2024 | Ongoing |

### 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.