Presentations focused on issues of preservation of printed and digital materials as well as making plan for materials’prevention and restoration treatment. The training course aim to provide knowledge and experience for Vietnamese librarians in the field of material preservation which has been seen as a branch of library and information science. Concurrently, the training course has contributed to put the MOU between the National Library of Vietnam and National Library of France signed on 15^th February 2011 into practice; create momentum for the next cooperative activities between the two institutions in the future.

The earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11 has caused hard consequences on the lives of thousands of Japanese people. In order to share the pain and huge loss of the Japanese, all official and staff of the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) with mutual love and affection, noble humanistic tradition of Vietnam and the spirit of the Vietnam – Japan friendship, voluntarily contributed 1 day’s salary to support Japanese victims, especially to whom directly affected by the disaster. Hopefully, the small gift from the NLV will partly help them overcome tribulation and quickly stabilize their lives. Concurrently, the NLV extends deep sympathy and encouragement to library colleagues in Japan