NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In the morning of  13^th February 2012, Mr. David D.Arnold – President of the Asia Foundation from USA and his spouse visited and worked with National Library of Vietnam (NLV). At the meeting,  Mr. David D. Arnold highly appreciated the effort, enthusiasm and efforts of leaders and staff National Library of Vietnam in recent years have contributed to successes of the Books for Asia program. He also expressed his hopes that in the coming years, with the support of the National Library of Vietnam, the Books for Asia program will continue getting efficiency and maximize social efficiency.

On January 8 of the lunar calendar (30^th January 2012) National Library of Vietnam (NLV) hosted the spring meeting and the signing of the agreement emulation for executives and officials on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon (2012). Also at the meeting in the new year, the Trade Union of the National Library of Vietnam launched the agreement emulation with the slogan “Tradition – Modern – Digital Library, creating the friendly environment for people to read and study in the whole life” including contents adhere to the library’s main tasks in 2012.

In the afternoon of January 20, 2012, the last working day of the Year 2011, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Bắc Son paid a visit to the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), wished the Directorial Board and staff of the NLV a Happy New Year and presented photographs to the Library.

The NLV operates under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism but up to 85% of its national collection comes from Publishing Houses and Press Agencies of the Ministry of Information and Communications. With the functions to collect, preserve and promote the national culture written heritage, the NLV has established effective collaborations with Publishing Houses and Press Agencies throughout the country to collect the most sufficient publications in Viet Nam as well as publications about Viet Nam published overseas.