NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In order to help Vietnamese libraries shift from traditional library model to modern one and learn experiences of libraries in the U.S. regarding development trends of new library services, in the morning of October 14, 2016, the National Library of Viet Nam cooperated with American Center, the U.S. Embassy in Ha Noi to organize the seminar: “Library trends and activities in the U.S.: Experiences of integrating new technology and traditional library services in organizing reader services” with presentation of Nancy Battes Pearl. Attending the seminar were leaders and representatives of the Science, Technology and Environment Department – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; the National Agency for Science and Technology Information – Ministry of Science and Technology; Institute of Social Sciences Information, Library of Congress; Military Library; libraries of some military and public security academies; representatives of Ha Noi University of Culture, Faculty of Information-Library, Ha Noi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Home Affairs; representatives of some city/provincial libraries; staff of American Center, the U.S. Embassy in Ha Noi and staff of the National Library of Viet Nam.

In 4 days, from 6^th to 9^th September 2016, Vietnamese delegation including 04 officials of the National Library of Viet Nam and 02 officials of Binh Duong and Khanh Hoa Provincial Libraries attended The 2^nd session of Project International Network of Emerging Library Innovators – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (INELI – ASEAN). With the goal to continue to build a network of emerging library innovators, those who hold strong vision for the future of the public library system in Southeast Asia, the session brought together more than 60 delegates who are Directors of National Libraries and Presidents of Library Associations, library – information professionals, experienced library staff from 10 CONSAL country members...

In the afternoon of September 5^th, director of the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) Kieu Thuy Nga received Mr. Vincent Monadé, president of French National Book Centre. Mr. Monadé, who is a member of the French delegation accompanying President Hollande on his visit to Viet Nam, expressed his happiness as this is his first visit to Viet Nam and has a meeting with the NLV. President of French National Book Centre is looking forward to developing cooperation with the NLV through signing an Memorandum of Understanding on the two major fields. The first one is continuing develop the Francophone Book Space at the NLV to be launched on the cross-year Viet Nam – France 2013-2014 occasion, aiming to provide the most French book resources for Viet Nam. The second one is digitalizing French documents of the NLV, enabling broad access to this precious document resource. Speaking at the meeting, Mrs. Kieu Thuy Nga expressed her sincere thanks to cooperation of French National Book Centre over the years and shared that beside the attention on Indochina collections of about 68,500 items in French taken over from the Central Library of Indochina, the NLV also focuses on acquiring new French books to meet its users’ needs. In the field of digitalization, currently....