NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

On the 26^th June 2014, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) preliminary review the first 6 months of 2014. In thefirst 6 months of 2014, the NLV has actively implemented synchronously, effectively political tasks and work targets of the year, initiatives and solutions to improve quality of governance management, operations, using savings, rational, efficient allocation of funds, strengthening and expanding foreign affairs and international co-operation, many events have been organized gradually related to political, cultural, profound social and practical, security and safety for the institution etc. gradually overcome the limitations, challenges and difficulties, complete and outperforming the work targets, shown in some typical results such as:

Celebrating 40 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and France, “Viet Nam - France Year 2014”, under approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) coordinated with Xua and Nay Magazine held the exhibition titled Memory of Viet Nam 1895-1896. The exhibition introduced nearly 300 precious documents from Indochina collection among more than 2.5 million material items of NLV. They have been published as books, published in newspapers, magazines, and other special types of documents from the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century. In particular, the exhibition presented a historical source of precious photos of Viet Nam in the late nineteenth century, collection of photos taken during Armand Rousseau’s mission as Governor of Indochina (from February 1895 to December 1896). 200 typical photos have selected from ...

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.