NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In the morning of 24^th March 2014, National Library of Viet Nam (NLV)and the Special Libraries Association – Asian Chapter (SLA) has opened the training course and experience sharing on traditional, digital materials and disaster management for more than 200 colleagues representing the city/provincial, academic, special libraries, information centers, National Agency for Science and Technology Information, State Records Management and Archives Department of Viet Nam, lecturers and researchers from Viet Nam, India, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

Conference CDNL-AO22 2014 held on 26-27 February 2014 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia. This is the third time that the National Library of Australia has hosted the event since the 1st Conference CDNL-AO in 1979. It was attended by officials from 18 national libraries of countries in Asia - Oceania including Australia, Brunei, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu and Viet Nam. The Delegation of the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) was led by its Director, Mrs. Phan Thi Kim Dung

In two years (2012-2013), with the consent of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the NLV mobilized effort, wisdom, with many individuals and organizations, in accordance with the provisions of Act national standards and technical standards, has completed the construction of national standards on terms and definitions for use in library activities. On 31 December 2013 the Ministry of Science and Technology has published Viet Nam 10274:2013 standards "Library Activities - General Terms and Definitions" (Pursuant to Decision No.4222/QĐ-KHCN 31 December 2013).