NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

On December 10, 2019, a Book presentation ceremony from the National Library of Korea to the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) under the “Window on Viet Nam” – a component of the “Window on Korea” project took place in Ha Noi. Attending the ceremony were Ms. Park Hyejin– Director of Korean Cultural Center in Ha Noi, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung – Deputy Directors of the NLV and managing officials of the library divisions, students of Korean studies – university of social sciences and humanities (Ha Noi National University). With the experience of implementing major projects in receiving books, the NLV has been actively maintaining and expanding the exchange and cooperation relations with libraries and information centers at home and abroad to supplement and enrich the foreign language resources of the library. Since 2005, the “Window on Korea” project has been officially launched at the NLV. Over the past ten years, many books have been donated by the National Library of Korea to the NLV’s readers. So far, the total number of books received by the NLV has reached to over 9,000 items.

On November 26, 2019, a presentation ceremony of theGuamán Poma de Ayala Artworks by Embassy of the Republic of Peru to the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) took place at the NLV. Attending the ceremony were Mr. Tran Nhat Hoang – Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Mr. Augusto Morelli Salgado– Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Viet Nam; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung – NLV Deputy Director, leaders and managing officials of the NLV, Ambassadors of Colombia, Mexico, Czech Republic; representatives of Uruguay and Chile embassies, staff of Peru embassy, and the library readers. Viet Nam and Peru have been close partners for many years. The NLV has always been selected as the destination to promote culture exchange, introduce and popularize literature, culture, cuisine and tourism of Peru through activities of donating books, journals and magazines.

From 5-8 November 2019, at the National Library for Children and Young Adults (ROK), the ASEAN-ROK Library Leadership Conference on Reading Promotion was held with the aims to implement the joint project of developing reading culture in ASEAN countries and Republic of Korea. Attending the conference were representatives from national libraries of 9 ASEAN countries (Brunei did not attend) and representatives of the National Library for Children and Young Adults, Korea. At the conference, participants have discussed and evaluated the reading promotion activities of the ASEAN-ROK region and agreed to sign the All-together Reading Campaign: Read me a book” in order to launch the “reading aloud culture” campaign in the ASEAN community with the common symbol: Yellow Apron.