102 volumes of Archie comics will soon be available to Vietnamese children.

According to Nguyen Linh Thao, President of Childhood Book Company, there are many reasons translated comic books in Vietnam have come chiefly from Japan and Korea rather than Europe or the US.

Of these, the most important reason is price. Japanese and Korean series are often printed in black and white so they are reasonably priced while their European and American counterparts are in colour.