NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

Responding to unscheduled emulation plan “Vote for Ha Long Bay as a new natural wonder of the world” launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Vietnam (MoCST), the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) continues to implement the program to propagandize and mobilize library’s officials and staff voting for Ha Long Bay as New natural wonder of the world by two ways: voting directly through website http://www.new7wonders.com/ and sending mobile phone SMS message to phone switchboard (dial number 147), starting at 11:11am on October 11 and finishing at 11:11 am on November 11, 2011

On 22^nd September 2011, Executive Board of the National Library of Vietnam (NLV)’s Trade union held final competition “Proposal ideas to attract readers to the National Library of Vietnam”. On the purpose of enable officials and employees of NLV to express their creative ideas and promote working experience on building and development the library and attract more readers to NLV, from the beginning of July 2011, NLV’s Trade union has proposed and implemented the idea of competition “Proposal ideas to attract readers to the National Library of Vienam”. Within a month launching the competition, the Organizing Board has received 12 entries written by 12 divisions/departments of the NLV and selected 7 among 12 entries for the presentation section.

20^th September 2011, the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) held a book donation ceremony to receive 34 books in French offered by Mr. Franck Pezza - Head of the Wallonie - Brussels delegation, Belgium. The donated books have become one of valuable materials in French sources to NLV. Books donated from the Wallonie - Bruxelles delegation will enable Vietnamese readers update their knowledge on science and have deepen understanding of Belgium and French Community in Wallonie