NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

On 2^nd March, 2016, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) held a Board meeting of evaluation and acceptance of science and technology subject at Ministerial level "Renovating managerial organization and operation methods of Vietnam libraries ". Deputy Minister of MoCST Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai holds the Chairman position of the board. Managerial organization and library operation play important roles which are crucial to the library performance efficiency. In recent years, library operation in our country is dramatically affected by the achievements of science and technology, especially information technology and communications, plus the trend of increasingly profound international integration that is making Vietnam libraries face new challenges in the organization of management and operation. Therefore, innovations are necessary in order to meet existing and future users’ requirements, fulfill the missions of libraries well to the society and the country.

In the afternoon of January 15, 2016 in Ha Noi, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and Ministry of Education and Training (MET) signed a Cooperation Program on improving the efficiency of national management in library and enhancing activities about education, lifelong learning at libraries period 2016 – 2020. Attending the Ceremony there were Mr. Pham Vu Luan, member of Party Center, Minister of MET; Mr. Hoang Tuan Anh, member of Party Center, Minister of MCST; Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai, Deputy Minister of MCST, together with representatives from Departments, Bureaus, Units of MET and MCST. The Signing Ceremony of Cooperation between MCST and MET expects to increase the cooperation between the two Ministries in order to enhance the quality, effectiveness of public library and school library system’s operation, promote maximum the existing resources, abilities of two fields to develop programs, organize educational activities through this system. Besides, to promote propaganda activities, exchanges, serving books and newspapers to create reading habit, increase the sense of self-study, initiative, positive, creative of learners, help to promote the quality and effectiveness of education, meet the need of life-long learning of the people; Collaborate to solve difficulties, limits affect negatively to the school library’s activities.

To celebrate the 12^th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and the 86^th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (3/2/1930 – 3/2/2016), in the morning of January 15, 2016, National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) organized the Book, documentary exhibition: “Communist Party of Viet Nam – From Congress to Congress”. The exhibition displays more than 800 books, newspapers, documentary photos and films, digital documents… has reappeared lively the 86-year journey history of establishment and development of the Communist Party of Viet Nam; the role of President Ho Chi Minh in founding and training the Party; the Party’s guidelines and policies through 11 Congresses; the milestones and glorious achievements of the country in which special emphasis the Nation Revolution initiated and led by the Party, which turns 30 years with 6 tenure of the Congress. In addition, the exhibition also introduces some memoirs and documents about life, career of the Party’s Leaders through periods, and many articles, talks that were gathered and published as books.