The 2^nd meeting of CONSAL XVI Executive Board held in Thailand as the annual meeting of Executive Board members of CONSAL, it was also the preparatory meeting of the Congress of librarians in Southeast Asia countries. The meeting was chaired by the Thai Library Association and National Library of Thailand, organized at the Kantary Hills Hotel, ChiangMai, Thailand from 7^th to 10^th 2014. At the meeting, participants proposed and discussed the main themes of the General Conference CONSAL XVI as the call for paper, CONSAL Outstanding librarians Awards, way of support and encouragement librarians participating in the General Conference etc.

In honor of the 124^th Anniversary of birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and the 60^th Anniversary of the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu , in the morning of 6^th May 2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism opened the Exhibition "Dien Bien Phu Victory through the material in the country and abroad” at the National Library of Viet Nam. The exhibition Exhibition "Dien Bien Phu Victory through the material in the country and abroad” introduced more than 800 items including books, newspapers, excerpts, photos. They are organized according to five themes: Context of the Dien Bien Phu campaign; Evolution of the Dien Bien Phu campaign; President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap and the Dien Bien Phu campaign through foreign materials; Dien Bien Phu - Symbol of the Strength of Viet Nam; Movies archive on the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

In the morning of 20^th April, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) opened the Book Festival Day 2014 on the theme "Book - From Past to Present" Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai – Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Head of the Steering Committee of the Book Festival Day 2014 at the Temple of Literature and NLV; Mr. Truong Minh Tuan – Vice Minister of Information and Communication, Permanent Steering Committee of the Viet Nam Book Day 21^st April, attended and kicked off the festival. A new feature in the Book Festival Day 2014 is identification of the authors, works, and characters Contest for visitors. Thanks to the ingenious in carnation of the classic literature of Viet Nam and the world by artists, the audience will remember and be able to update information, knowledge of authors, works and representative figure.

On April 10, the General Assembly of the Francophone Digital Network met in Bern, capital of Switzerland. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Guy Berthiaume, Chairman and CEO of National Library and Archives of Quebec, Secretary General of Digital Francophone Network, representatives of 14 French-speaking countries highlighted the results achieved during the past year and discussed the action plan for this year. At the meeting, Sandra Coulibaly Leroy - representative of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) re-affirmed the support of OIF for the protection and promotion of tangible and intangible heritage of the Francophone community. Digitalizing and sharing of resources contribute to the promotion of cultural exchanges, enhance mutual understanding and build a rich community identity.

On 26^th March 2014, National Library of Viet Nam in collaboration with the Goethe Institute Hanoiorganized Workshop on “Structuring Library Space”. Currently, Vietnamese Library career has been concentrated and invested in infrastructure. Many libraries including special, academic, public and school libraries have new buildings. Constructions methods are also various, some libraries are involved in all stages of construction process, couple of stages, othersare getting in the “handover the key”. Similar situations happened to equipment projects including project on IT application. It is necessary to do assessment on structuring the library space.