NATIONAL LIBRARY 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.

Activities implemented within framework of the Pilot Project: “Improvement of computer usage and public Internet access ability in Vietnam” funded by the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation (U.S.A) from the 24^th to 29^th May 2011. The PMU of the pilot project – Vietnam Public Utility Telecommunication Service Fund (VTF) coordinated with the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) and three provincial libraries in Thái Nguyên, Nghệ An and Trà Vinh successfully held the Internet Festivals (IF) in three districts and communes in the three mentioned provinces.