'This book is a research project of the ministerial level project "Current situation of literary reading in Vietnam" implemented in 3 years (2012-2015). The content of the book includes 5 chapters: Chapter 1: Literature in contemporary Vietnamese social and cultural context; Chapter 2: Publishing literature in contemporary Vietnam; Chapter 3: Human geography and the reception of literature in contemporary Vietnam; Chapter 4: Receiving literature with the construction of reading culture in contemporary Vietnam; Chapter 5: Proposals and solutions to the current situation of literary reading in Vietnam.