On 24^th April 2014, the Prime Minister signed Decision No.284/QĐ-TTg that April 21 is now the Book Day of Viet Nam.The Decision stated Book Day of Viet Nam is held each year to encourage and develop reading in the community awareness of the significance and importance of reading to improve the knowledge and skills to develop thinking, education and training of the human personality. At the same time, it enhances the book, says the role, position and importance of the book in social life, honor readers and whom participated in collection, creation, editing, printing, distribution, conservation, promotion of the book. In addition, it helps to raise the responsibility of all levels, sectors, relevant agencies and social organizations to build and stimulate reading in Viet Nam...

In implementation of the Decision numbered 3724/QD-BVHTTDL dated 28.10.2013 of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) has sent 03 officers to the Federal Republic of Germany to work with the German National Library based in the city of Frankfurt am Main (NLG) and the Bavarian State Library (BSL) in Munich to discuss cooperation in the fields of materials exchange, digitization, preservation, staff training from December 7 -14, 2013.

In Frankfurt am Main, the delegation has had several meetings with Director and ten managers of departments of the NLG. The working focused on introduction of the NLV and NLG as well as sharing knowledge and experiences of the two libraries in the fields of library organization, materials exchange, preservation and digitization, human resources developments.

On the 40^th anniversary of Viet Nam – Argentina diplomatic relations (1973-2013), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in cooperation with Ministry of Culture of the Argentine Republic organized a photos exhibition entitled "Eva Perón - Ambassador of Peace"and presentation of the book “The reason of my life” at the National Library of Viet Nam. The event is a part of the Argentine Cultural Week-long event in Viet Nam.

In the morning of November 29^th 2013, launching ceremony and inauguration of the training workshop on "Dewey Decimal Classification - Vietnamese Edition 23" (DDC23) has been held at the National Library of Viet Nam. This is one of three important international tools for information access and exchange in library – information activities being used by over 200,000 libraries in 138 countries. Translation and printing of the Dewey Decimal Classification - Vietnamese Edition 23 are done deriving from practical benefits of cataloguing, contributing to unification, standardization, information exchange and international integration of Vietnamese libraries, and at the same time basing on the demand for application of DDC in Vietnamese libraries. After the launching ceremony of the Vietnamese DDC23, the National Library of Viet Nam has held a ToT training workshop for the Dewey Decimal Classification - Vietnamese Edition 23 for representatives of some libraries, information centers, special libraries and library training institutions in Viet Nam. The training workshop is lectured by Dr. Julianne Beall, Assistant Editor of the Dewey Decimal Classification and lasts from November 29^th until December 6^th 2013. In the year 2014, the NLV will organize further training courses for using the Vietnamese DDC23 for all libraries and information centers nation wide.

In the afternoon of September 26^th, at the National Library of Viet Nam, the Ministry of Information and Communication coordinated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Embassy of the United Kingdom to Viet Nam to organize a Book Exhibition to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Viet Nam – United Kingdom diplomatic relations. At the exhibition, the Organizing Committee has selected to exhibit about 1,000 precious documents, publications in English and Vietnamese which are being housed at the National Library of Viet Nam. These publications covering such fields as History, Politics, Economics, Culture, Art-Literature, Science-Technology, etc. have helped outline the development of the United Kingdom – a foggy land from England to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Especially, this is also a chance for book lovers to approach many famous English literature works which have been translated and published in Viet Nam decades ago.Beside displaying publications, the Exhibition also introduced to the public many documentary photos reflexing the comprehensive collaboration between Governments and the people of the two countries...