On July 18, 2024, the National Library of Viet Nam, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Samsung Electronics Viet Nam officially launched the "New S.hub Sharing Space" to better meet the individual learning needs, and at the same time provide an open, modern space for exchanging and sharing knowledge for the youth. Attending the event were Ms. Trinh Thi Thuy - Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Deputy Minister of the MoCST; Mr. Choi Joo Ho - General Director of Samsung Viet Nam Complex, and the leaders representing the Departments, Divisions, Office and agencies under the MoCST; leaders of Samsung Viet Nam Complex; unions, and representatives of libraries, library-information centers, museums; publishing agencies, high schools and readers, central and Ha Noi news agencies, newspapers and television. Nearly 8 years ago, in 2016, the National Library of Viet Nam and Samsung Vina Electronics Company officially opened the S.hub Sharing Space to meet the increasing demand of the capital's youth for a modern space for learning and sharing knowledge. In 2024, in order to better meet the individual learning needs and at the same time provide a more modern space for exchanging and sharing knowledge for young people, the National Library of Viet Nam and Samsung Electronics Viet Nam have cooperated to upgrade and innovate the S.hub Sharing Space.
The 2nd Executive Board meeting of the 19th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XIX) hosted by the Librarians Association of Malaysia and the National Library of Malaysia was held online on July 15, 2024. There were 35 delegates from 10 CONSAL member countries including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam attending the meeting. At the meeting, delegates discussed and agreed to approve the minutes of the first CONSAL XIX Executive Board meeting held online on November 29, 2023. The contents discussed in depth at the second meeting include: Promote the process of registering CONSAL's legal status in ASEAN to enhance the organization’s position and promote participation of CONSAL in ASEAN’s activities as well as search for ASEAN sponsored programs and projects for the library sector in the region; Promote the implementation of CONSAL projects that have been implemented and proposed, including the CONSAL Document Repository project; the project to update Profile of Library Education in ASEAN, and the ASEAN Digital Library project. It was recommended that member countries should continue to contribute documents to these projects and update resources on the ASEAN Digital Library portal...
On the morning of July 15, 2024, the National Library of Viet Nam (NVL) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of Viet Nam, in collaboration with the National Hangeul Museum of Korea under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, and the Korean Cultural Center in Viet Nam, organized a series of diverse events to convey Korean cultural values in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The Opening Ceremony opened impressively with an artwork drawn by artist Byeol Ha - President of the Korean Calligraphy Design Association. The elaborate and beautiful calligraphy painting with the image of Lotus and Mugung flowers represents the wonderful diplomatic relationship between Viet Nam and Korea. The diverse series of events to convey Korean cultural values in Hanoi, Viet Nam includes: Exhibition Hangeul Experiment Project the Institute of Modern Hangeul Studies” held at the National Library of Viet Nam; Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between the National Library of Viet Nam and the National Hangeul Museum; “Experience the art of calligraphy” in Viet Nam organized by the National Hangeul Museum.
To carry out the tasks assigned by the Decision number 2175/QD-BVHTTDL dated July 23, 2023 of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the plan to implement the digital transformation program of the library sector to 2025 with a vision to 2030, and the Library’s work plan for 2024, from June 26-27, 2024, in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) organized a Training Course on “Standardization of Bibliographic Data – Requirements and Methods”. In the field of library - information, besides standards, technical regulations and codes of practice are important tools to ensure standardization in document processing, standardization of data is one of the important steps for libraries to implement connectivity, sharing and digital transformation. Specific regulations are expressed through cataloging rules, classification schemes/tables, subject heading tables, terminology systems, regulations on order and procedures, machine-readable cataloging templates, etc.
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