Following the first symposiumwas organized in Da Nang, on August 29, 2014, the National Library of Viet Nam has held the second symposium “Commentsand suggestions for the Vietnamese Standard Draft: Library activities – Terms and definitions of acquisition and cataloging” in order to continue gather discussion exchanges, suggestions on issues to the StandardsDraft. Acquisition and cataloging are the first factors deciding quality and quantity of book storage, making a united way of using materials and affecting on information-library activities, creating potential information in single agency, as well as the whole library profession. Acquisition and cataloging are not only have a special significant in improving the information resource’s quality, but the basic standard in determining the social status of the library, especially in the period of building an industrialized, modernized country.
On the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the 47th Anniversary of establishing the Association of Southeast Asian Nation – ASEAN, and 19 years since Viet Nam joined ASEAN, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held the exhibition titled “ASEAN cultural space” on August 28, 2014. Attending the Opening Ceremony were Mr. Vuong Duy Bien, Deputy Minister ofthe Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Le Nhu Tien, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and ChildrenAffairs, Mr. Nguyen The Ky, Deputy Head of the Central Committee’s Propaganda Department, Mrs. Phan Thi Kim Dzung – Director of the National Library of Viet Nam, the Ambassadors, representatives from Embassies: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, representatives of foreign cultural centers in Viet Nam, representatives from Ministries, Departments, Agencies of the Country and Hanoi; public and readers. 
From August 16-22, 2014 the 80th World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA WLIC 2014) was taken place in Lyon, Republic of France. Over 4,000 delegates from more than 120 countries participated in the Congress. Viet Nam sent 5 delegates. During the Congress, theme of the IFLA WLIC 2014 “Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge” has been actively explored and discussed by library and information experts through more than 400 reports in 227 sessions.