NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

On the morning of June 19, 2020, Mr. Chékou Oussouman, Director of the Asia – Pacific Region, International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) visited and worked with the National Library of Viet Nam. Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga, Director of the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) received the delegation. At the meeting, NLV Director respectfully welcomed the newly appointed Director of the Asia-Pacific Region of OIF and expressed her belief that Mr. Chékou Oussouman would help promote the cooperation relation between the National Library of Viet Nam and the International Organization of La Francophonie in the coming time. Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga gave an overview of the establishment development, the information resources and projects that the NLV has implemented with international partners.

President Ho Chi Minh is a genius leader of our Party and people, a hero of national liberation, an outstanding cultural celebrity, and a representative of the movement for the liberation of oppressed peoples in the world. With passionate patriotism, noble communist ideals and pure international sentiments, President Ho Chi Minh devoted his whole life to the cause of emancipation of the working class, the national liberation and human liberation. As a particularly talented revolutionary, President Ho Chi Minh has creatively applied Marxism-Leninism to the specific circumstances of our country, setting the right path for Vietnamese revolution move from one victory to another. The noble qualities of President Ho Chi Minh are the embodiment of the combination of the best traditions of the Vietnamese people from thousands of years ago with the revolutionary thought of the time. His life is full of hardships and sacrifices but extremely glorious, is a shining example of revolutionary heroism, fighting solidarity, simple and humble morality…

“Read Me a Book” is a reading aloud program strongly implemented by the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) during the last time to celebrate the Viet Nam Book Day 2020 and spread the values of experiencing reading with children, especially in the days when the whole country is implementing social isolation to prevent Covid-19 pandemic. The “Read Me a Book” campaign organizes reading promotion events and sharing posts of photos and video clips of reading aloud programs led by storytellers on social media with the view to create an overall and tangible effect, contributing to the promotion of reading culture, encouraging reading movement, expanding the reading aloud activities to all people, especially among children, thereby help them access to each book, develop their thinking, imagination and realize the value of companion with book, promote the reading enjoyment, arouse the love for books and develop the reading culture.