In the afternoon of March 20, 2018, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Viet Nam, Augusto Morelli had a working visi at the National Library of Vietnam. Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga, Director of the National Library of Viet Nam welcomed the delegation.
At the meeting, Ambassador Morelli congratulated the National Library of Viet Nam on the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of establishing in November 2017 and expressed Peru is interested in exchanging information, digitizing documentation, preservation and conservation of the rare collections at the Library. Besides, it is expected that the National Library of the two countries will have opportunities to meet, explore and develop specific cooperation programs in the futture.
To express the pleasure to welcome Ambassador Augusto Morelli as the new Ambassador to Viet Nam, Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga thanked the Ambassador's goodwill for promoting cultural cooperation in library and stated, The National Library of the two countries have many similarities in activities such as archiving and preserving ancient collections, both are interested in digitizing the material in order to preserve the heritage values ​​of the document and expanding the service to digital materials, in line with the current development trend of libraries in the world; The development of a collaborative program between the two Libraries will contribute the sharing of information and exchanging experiences on issues of common concern.
The two sides agreed to arrange detailed discussions in the upcoming time to launch a specific cooperation program and it is expected to be a new step forward in the cooperation between the two countries in general, and in library sector in particular.
At the end of the working session, Ambassador Augusto Morelli visited the reading spaces at the National Library of Viet Nam.

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Overview of the meeting

Visiting Library’s reading rooms

Delegation taking photo together

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News: Huong Ly, Photos: Hung Manh