NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In celebration of 66^th Anniversary of August Revolution and the Independence Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2^nd 1945 – September 2^nd 2011) and the Vietnamese Tourism Year 2011 themed “Exotic beaches and islands”, under the approval of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam. Today, the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) in cooperation with Publishing Directorate, Publishing Houses, Book companies, corporations, central and local agencies, provincial/municipal libraries nationwide and international organizations in Hanoi organizes an "exhibition on pictures, photos, maps and documents entitled “Ha Long Bay, exotic Beaches and Islands of Vietnam”.

In the morning of 12^th July 2011, delegation from Publishing and Library Department, Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos had a working visit to the National Library of Vietnam (NLV). During the meeting, the leaders of NLV and the National Library of Laos discussed issues related to digitalize materials, develop library services, promote reading culture, mobile library services, materials exchange, develop Vietnnamese collection in Laos and Laos collection in Vietnam etc.,

On 22^nd June 2011, the meeting on preliminary assessment of Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) program was held at the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) in the cooperation between the Publishing Directorate, Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and NLV. The meeting aimed to sum up partially activities of CIP program implemented in Vietnam since December 2009, gained practical experience and contribution on program procession as preparation for next step.