NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to the world to seek suitable pathways for the country’s salvation and the 121^st birthday anniversary of him and welcome the 13^th National Assembly and People’s Council elections at all levels for the 2011-2016 term, in the morning of May, 18^th, the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) held a documentary exhibition on “65-year National Assembly of Vietnam”.

In the morning of May 5, 2011, the National Library of Vietnam (NLV) in cooperation with The Asia Foundation (U.S.A) launched the two-day training course on enhancing reader service provision for over 50 librarians of recipient libraries in the South and South Central provinces of Vietnam under the Books for Asia program (BFA program) funded by The Asia Foundation (TAF).

From April 18-22, 2011, the 2^nd CONSAL XV Executive Meeting was taken place in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia with the participation of 20 delegates from 10 CONSAL member countries including Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Besides, there are 2 representatives of Timor-Leste and 8 members of CONSAL Secretariat.