On April 8^th 2013 – under the permission of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), Francophone Digital Network (Réseau francophone numérique /RFN) and International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) jointly held the general assembly of the Réseau francophone numérique 2013 in Ha Noi. This is an annual meeting of RFN organized by OIF and national libraries of member countries with the view to establish a Francophone digital library based on the linkage among digital libraries of Francophone community members. The general assembly this year focused on such main contents as report on operation of the Réseau’s web portal, contribution of information resources to the portal by member countries, innovation of technology to access the RFN web...

On the 4^th of February 2013, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) held a signing ceremony on the Cooperation Program between the MoCST and the MIC for the period 2013-2020. This cooperation program is to concretize the strategic plan for Culture Development toward the year 2020 which had been approved by the Premier of the Government at the Decree number 581/QĐ-TTg dated May 6^th, 2009. According to this strategic plan, the aim of the culture sector in the field of library is “To build the reading habit among the society contributing to effectively build the future reader generations”, “… to promote the development of commune libraries and reading rooms in the communities, precincts, cultural groups as well as cultural post offices in the highland, border, island and remote areas and minority regions.

In the afternoon of 24^th January 2013, the journalist and writer Ho Quang Loi visited and donated 63 book copies entitled “Viet Nam on the wave of the times” to the National Library of Viet Nam and 63 provincial libraries of the Vietnamese library system. Especially, the author directly recorded words on books donated to each recipient library; this is really the sincere gesture of the author given to the libraries. With the trust and love to the library, the writer wishes “Viet Nam on the wave of the times” will be sent to the numerous readers of the country

 On 23^rd January 2013, the National Library of Vietnam held a conference to review the works of 2012 and implement the direction, tasks in 2013.  Accordingly, in 2012, the National Library of Viet Nam has successfully completed the services of political propaganda; organized successfully the 95^th Anniversary and received the First Class Independence Order; promote collecting the additional publications through depository acquisition; improve the effectiveness of the professional works; continue to implementing the slogan “All for the readers” with specific and active solutions to introduce, advertise the image in order to attract social communities to extract information; expand international co-operation in the field of library oriented the MoCST..

In the morning of 26^th December 2012, at the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), the exhibition “Dien Bien Phu in the air victory through the materials at home and abroad” has opened. Exhibition presents more than 600 documents including books, newspapers, press clippings, pictures which are variety in types and content of the 12 days and nights of the Hanoi People's Army against the bombing of the U.S Air Force bombardment. Exhibition “Dien Bien Phu in the air victory through materials at home and abroad” enables readers and public to have deeper and comprehensive understanding of the great victory of the Army and People in Hanoi in particular and the nation in general.