Under the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam (MoCST), on November 27th, 2017, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) opened the 3rd Convening of the International Networks of Emerging Library Innovators – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (INELI-ASEAN) in Ha Noi. Attending the opening ceremony were Ms. Dang Thi Bich Lien – Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, Ms, Nellie Sunny – President of Brunei Darussalam Library Association, Ms. Khanthamaly Yangnouvong – Director of the National Library of Laos, President of Laos Library Association; Ms. Hajah Nafisah Binti Ahmad – General Director of the National Library of Malaysia; Mr. Cesar Gilbert Adriano – Director of the National Library of the Philippines; Ms. Tay Ai Cheng – Deputy Chief Executive of the National Library Board Singapore; Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga – Director of the National Library of Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Huu Gioi – President of Vietnamese Library Association, and representatives of the ASEAN national libraries and library associations, speakers, invited guests, mentors, innovators and INELI-ASEAN Secretariat.
In the morning of the 22nd November 2017, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) solemnly hold the launching ceremony of the cataloguing rules “Resource Description and Access” – Vietnamese edition. Attending the ceremony were Ms. Vu Duong Thuy Nga – Director of the Library Department, Mr. Nguyen Huu Gioi – President of Vietnamese Library Association, Mr. Hoang Quoc Tri – Vice President of Vietnamese Scientific and Technological Information Association, Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga – Director of the NLV, advisory board members, representatives of the Training Department, the Science, Technology and Environment Department – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, representatives of public libraries, special libraries, LIS training institutions… The cataloguing rules Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the successor to Anglo-American Cataloguing rules, second edition (AACR2) and is designed for the digital environment in response to the changes and developments of the information resources. The birth of RDA marks a significant change, is an advance in cataloguing activity in particular and in the library science in general. It has therefore been officially applied in many major libraries in the world. The project translation and printing of RDA derives from the requirement to modernize the library-information activities, and for the purposes of enhancing the exchange and sharing of information, integrating into the world library community, and especially for the standardization of the technical processing activity.
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In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Korea and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of Viet Nam, under the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), in the morning of November 16th, 2017, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) and the International Cultural Foundation, Korea (ICF) organized the Opening ceremony of the “Children Cultural Library in Viet Nam”. Attending the ceremony were, from Viet Nam Central agencies: Mr. Huynh Vinh Ai – Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr. Hoang Minh Dao – Director General, the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, Ms. Vu Duong Thuy Nga, Director General of the Library Department, Mr. Le Ngoc Dinh – Vice Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Lien – Vice Director General of the Planning and Finance Department, Mr. Le Ngoc Trung – Deputy Director General of the Emulation and Reward Department; From South Korean representatives: Mr. Cho Hyun Jae – President of ICF, Mr. Nam Ik Huyn – Director of the 1% Nanum Foundation, Huyndai Oilbank, Ms. Lee Miyon – Envoy, Embassy of South Korea in Viet Nam, Mr. Yoon Kwang Shik – General Secretary of ICF…; Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga – Director of the NLV; representatives of departments and agencies under the MoCST, representatives of Ha Noi department of Education and Training, international organizations; representatives of libraries and library-information centers, museums, publishing agencies, primary and kindergartens in Ha Noi and the readers.
From August 19-25, 2017, the 83rd IFLA World Library – Information Congress has taken place in Wroclaw, Republic of Poland. With the aim of achieving the global solidarity of the library sector worldwide to ensure the ability to make a difference in the people’s lives, enabling people to use knowledge to improve the society conditions, theme of the 83rd IFLA WLIC was selected: “Libraries. Solidarity. Society”. The Congress brings together over 3,100 library – information leaders and experts from more than 122 countries in the worlds. Right after the Congress’s opening ceremony, over 240 scientific presentations, dozens of satellite conferences, seminars, open forums, panel discussions on current situation and future of the world library development have taken place. During the Congress, the Vietnamese delegation led by director of the National Library of Viet Nam has actively participated in such main sessions as:
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