NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In honor of the Cross Year Viet Nam - France 2013, 08 April 2013, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) organized the ceremony of books donated by the French National Book Centre (NLC), the National Library of France (BNF) and the Embassy of France and Exhibition "Space of French Book". The more than 1,200 books available this time by the French National Book Centre were selected by experts from the National Library of France, including many areas of culture, history, literature, poetry, art, philosophy and law. 780 valuable books on French law have been provided by the Embassy of France in Viet Nam. These books were added to the heritage of the National Library of Viet Nam, allowing the Vietnamese and foreign readers better understand the areas of life as well as the characteristics of the French culture.

On April 8^th 2013 – under the permission of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), Francophone Digital Network (Réseau francophone numérique /RFN) and International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) jointly held the general assembly of the Réseau francophone numérique 2013 in Ha Noi. This is an annual meeting of RFN organized by OIF and national libraries of member countries with the view to establish a Francophone digital library based on the linkage among digital libraries of Francophone community members. The general assembly this year focused on such main contents as report on operation of the Réseau’s web portal, contribution of information resources to the portal by member countries, innovation of technology to access the RFN web...

On the 4^th of February 2013, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) held a signing ceremony on the Cooperation Program between the MoCST and the MIC for the period 2013-2020. This cooperation program is to concretize the strategic plan for Culture Development toward the year 2020 which had been approved by the Premier of the Government at the Decree number 581/QĐ-TTg dated May 6^th, 2009. According to this strategic plan, the aim of the culture sector in the field of library is “To build the reading habit among the society contributing to effectively build the future reader generations”, “… to promote the development of commune libraries and reading rooms in the communities, precincts, cultural groups as well as cultural post offices in the highland, border, island and remote areas and minority regions.