From June 21-23, 2023, the annual conference of the General Assembly of Francophone Digital Network (RFN-AISBL) took place in Alexandria, Egypt, with the participation of 24 delegates representing 18 libraries and national archives of the Francophone countries. Attending the conference, the delegation of the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) was led by Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Deputy Director. This is the first in-person conference after a 3-year interrupted due to the impact of COVID-19 worldwide. The conference listened to the 2022 RFN-AISBL’s Report presented by representatives of the executive committee, which focused on a number of regional projects, such as the MemoAfricaNum-IFAN project to digitize and promote the special oral legacy of West Africa, the project to digitize the Arabic and Ajamis manuscripts as part of the “Hidden collections in Africa” of CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources), the emergency digitization project valued 70,000 euros funded by ALIPH (International Union for Conservation of Heritage) for the Bibliothèque des Spiritans Haïtiens (Library of Haitian Catholic Missionaries) to digitize documents after the 2011 earthquake.

On June 11, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh made the"Call for Patriotic Emulation" to encourage the entire party, army,and people to join hands to overcome all difficulties and successfullycompletetasks. That call has inspired millions of Vietnamese patriots who are not afraid to make sacrifices and hardships toenthusiastically emulateto promote production, join the resistance, and defend the Fatherland. As a "Proclamation", after 75 years, the summons remains valid with profound topicality. On the occasion of this important historical event, the National Library of VietNam (NLV) held the opening of the documentary Exhibition "Resounding the Call for Patriotic Emulation".

Incommemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Poet Petöfi (1823 - 2023), on the afternoon of May 29, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) and the Hungarian Embassy in Viet Nam collaborated to organize the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Petöfi: Around the World”. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung, Acting Director of the NLV, and Mr. Tibor Baloghdi– Hungarian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Viet Nam co-chaired the ceremony. The exhibition “Petöfi: Around the World” is a unique journey that takes attendances on a journey through 19 large-format photographs, including 15 ones in Vietnamese and 4 with similar content in English, sketching the life and many contributions of Sándor Petöfi– the great Hungarian poet and revolutionary. This event is one of the activities of the cooperation program to promote cultural exchange between Vietnam and Hungary. Besides extensive, effective and comprehensive cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, defense, education, training, science and technology, environment, and health... the two sides also made great efforts to promote active cooperation in the field of culture, share experiences in preserving and promoting national cultural identity and traditions in the development process...

On the afternoon of May 18, 2023, Mr. Choi Seung Jin – new Director of the Korean Cultural Center visited the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung - Acting Director of the NLV received the delegation. At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung congratulated Mr. Choi Seung Jin on his new assignment in Viet Nam, briefly introduced the establishment and development history of the National Library of Viet Nam, and reviewed the cooperation activities between the two agencies over the past time: receiving Korean materials at the NLV, building the Children’s Cultural Library, implementing some reading promotion activities for children… Taking this opportunity, the NLV’s Acting Director expressed his appreciation for the support of the Korean Cultural Center and suggested that the two sides should continue to cooperate in the coming time. At the end of the meeting, Director of the Korean Cultural Center had a tour visit to the campus and reading spaces of the NLV...

On the occasion of Europe Day (May 9) and the International Biennial Photo Hanoi'23, on the afternoon of May 13, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegations in Viet Nam organized the opening ceremony of the Photo Exhibition “Orange Wounds”. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung, Acting Director of the NLV and Mr. Nicolas Dervaux, Representative of the Governments of the French-speaking Belgian community and the Wallonia Region in Viet Nam co-chaired the ceremony. On the side of international guests, there were Mr. Eligio Salas III – Ambassador of Panama to Viet Nam; Mr. Edgar Doerig – Representative of the International Organization of Francophonie for the Asia Pacific region; Mr. Thierry Vergon – Director of the French Institute in Ha Noi, Coordinator of the International Biennial Photo Hanoi'23 and Ms. Elodie Ledure – Author of the photographic works.

On the morning of April 25, 2023, on the occasion of the International Francophonie Day and the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) cooperated with the representative office of the International Organization of La Francophonie for the Asia Pacific region (OIF) organized a Francophone Literary Talk under the guidance of the following speakers: Dr. Tran Van Cong, Chairman of the Jury for the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie in Viet Nam, Dean of the French Faculty at Hanoi University, Dr. Tran Le Bao Chan, member of the Jury for the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie in Viet Nam, Deputy Dean of the French Faculty at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy. As part of the OIF’s project since 2001, the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie allows to honor literary talents, reflect cultural diversity through literary works written in French in five continents and promote writers on the international stage to the public. Several works by these prestigious award winners from Algeria, Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Palestine and Tunisia have been translated and published in Vietnamese such as: Meursault, contre-enquête/ tentatively translated as “The Meursault Investigation” (2014); Congo Inc. le testament de Bismarck/ tentatively translated as “Congo Inc. Bismarck’s Testament” (2015); Le Corps de ma mère/ tentatively translated as “The Body of my Mother” (2016); La Théo des fleuves/ Tentatively translated as “The Story of the Gypsy woman” (2018); Le Palais des Deux Collines/ tentatively translated as “Palace of the Two Hills” (2021) were introduced by speakers at the Talk.

In celebration of the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day April 21 and World Book and Copyright Day April 23, on April 19, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) in cooperation with ministries, branches, international organizations, libraries, schools, publishers, bookstores, businesses... organized the Book and Reading Culture Festival 2023with the theme: “Books for me, for you”.  On the side of the Organizing Committee, there were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung – Acting Director of the National Libraryof Viet Nam, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the  Book and Reading Culture Festival 2023 and OC members. On the side of the international guests,there were representatives of the embassies: Poland, Chile, Cuba, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Hungary, Italia, Panama, Peru, Thailand, Laos, United States of America; diplomatic agencies and international organizations such as the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation, The Asia Foundation (USA) in Viet Nam, the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF)...

On March 23, 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) held a symposium to continue to exchange, discuss, and receive contributions from information agencies, libraries, and specialists in southern region for the second Draft of the National Standard "Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation" by Mr.  Nguyen Xuan Dung – Acting Director of NLV as the Project Manager. This is the second symposium, follow the first one for northern region held by the NLV on November 22, 2022 in Ha Noi. PDF/A is designed specifically for the long-term archiving of electronic documents, application in software creation and design, and information processing systems, meeting the needs of all library types. The National Standard "Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation" is developed on the basis of accepting ISO 19005 "Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation" (parts 1 and 2) to create PDF document file format standards, namely PDF/A. This is one of the standards in line with the development needs of the library sector associated with information technology and digital transformation, which recognizes issues of long-term and sustainable growth in the context of information technology continually changing and evolving at a rapid pace.

On the afternoon of February 6, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) held a ceremony to announce the decision to assign Acting Director of the NLV. Attending the ceremony, there were comrade Kieu Thuy Nga – Executive Board member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), Secretary of the NLV’s Party Committee; members of the Standing Committee and members of the Executive Board of the NLV’s Party Committee; Party Committees of affiliated branches; Heads, Deputy Heads of divisions and representatives of the mass organizations of the NLV. At the ceremony, the representative of the Personnel Section announced the Decision No. 138/QD-BVHTTDL of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism on assigning the task of Acting Director of the NLV to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung – Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Director since February 01, 2023.

In commemoration of the 50^th anniversary of the Victory “Ha Noi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” (12/1972 – 12/2022) – the epochal victory of our army and people in the strategic air raid of the U.S. imperialists, with the approval of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), on the morning of December 15, 2022, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) held the opening ceremony of the Documentary Exhibition: Dien Bien Phu in the air - The epic of immortality. The Victory “Ha Noi – Dien Bien Phu in the air” is a brillant landmark, a brilliant symbol of the power of revolutionary heroism, of Vietnamese wisdom and braveryin the Ho Chi Minhera; of the Viet Nam’s people’s war strength against the destructive war the the American Empire. During 12 days and nights of combat, from December 18-29, 1972, Ha Noi’s army and people have created a miracle of shooting down 81 American aircrafts, including 34 “strategic flying super fortresses” – B52. The victory of “Dien Bien Phu in the air” proved the invincible strength of the Viet Nam’s people’s war under the wise leadership of the Party Central Committee. The victory of “Dien Bien Phu in the air” is forever the pride of the army and people of Ha Noi, the capital of a thousand years of civilization.