On November 26, 2019, a presentation ceremony of theGuamán Poma de Ayala Artworks by Embassy of the Republic of Peru to the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) took place at the NLV. Attending the ceremony were Mr. Tran Nhat Hoang – Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Mr. Augusto Morelli Salgado– Ambassador of the Republic of Peru to Viet Nam; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung – NLV Deputy Director, leaders and managing officials of the NLV, Ambassadors of Colombia, Mexico, Czech Republic; representatives of Uruguay and Chile embassies, staff of Peru embassy, and the library readers. Viet Nam and Peru have been close partners for many years. The NLV has always been selected as the destination to promote culture exchange, introduce and popularize literature, culture, cuisine and tourism of Peru through activities of donating books, journals and magazines.

From 5-8 November 2019, at the National Library for Children and Young Adults (ROK), the ASEAN-ROK Library Leadership Conference on Reading Promotion was held with the aims to implement the joint project of developing reading culture in ASEAN countries and Republic of Korea. Attending the conference were representatives from national libraries of 9 ASEAN countries (Brunei did not attend) and representatives of the National Library for Children and Young Adults, Korea. At the conference, participants have discussed and evaluated the reading promotion activities of the ASEAN-ROK region and agreed to sign the All-together Reading Campaign: Read me a book” in order to launch the “reading aloud culture” campaign in the ASEAN community with the common symbol: Yellow Apron.

Implementing Decision No. 3319 / QD-BVHTTDL datedSeptember 30, 2019 of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism,from 1st to 2nd November, 2019, in Da Nang City, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) organized a “Summary Conference on application of the Dewey Decimal Classification, Vietnamese Edition23in Viet Nam’s libraries in period 2014 - 2019”. Attending the conference were Ms. Vu Duong Thuy Nga - Director of the Library Department; Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga - Director of the National Library of Viet Nam; Mr. Le Hai Dang - Deputy Director of the Institute of Social Sciences Information; Mr. Huynh Van Hung - Director of Da Nang Department of Culture and Sports; Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoi An - Deputy Director of Da Nang Department of Culture and Sports; Mr. Duong Hong Co - Deputy Director of Bac Giang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of leaders and technical officials of city/provincial libraries, special libraries, university libraries, and training institutions of Library and Information Sciencesthroughout the country.

To commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of the famous Chilean poet - Gabriela Mistral (September 24, 2019) the Embassy of Chile in Viet Nam in collaboration with the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) organized the opening of the photo exhibition entitled "Gabriela Mistral 70 years after receiving the Nobel Prizein Literature: TheDaughter of a new Nation". Attending the exhibition were Mr. Pham Quoc Hung - Deputy Director of the Library Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Mr. Le Cong Tien - Deputy Director of the Departmentof America Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Nguyen Van Tich - Presidentof Viet Nam - Chile Friendship and Cooperation Association; Mr. Nguyen Huu Gioi - Presidentof VietNam Library Association; Mr. Jaime Chomali - Ambassador of the Republic of Chile to Viet Nam; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung - Deputy Director of the NLV, alongwith leaders, delegates fromministries, departmentsand central agencies in Hanoi, members of the diplomatic missions, students and friendsof Chile, news agencies, pressand television, the public and readers.

On August 25-30, 2019, the 85^th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) of  the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has taken place in Athens, Greece. With the theme“Library: Dialogue for Change”, the congress gathered more than 3,300 delegates representing the library sector of over 130 countries around the world to participate in, attracted more than 500 presenters at 250 open sessions, nearly 200 poster presentations, 30 lighting talks and 20 satellite meetings on a variety of topics. Also during the congress, 11 key sessions were live streamed, providing opportunities to follow the world largest library forum for thousands of people all across the globe. The IFLA WLIC 2019 sessions focused on current and future issues of library development, contributing to clarify the congress theme: dialogue to exchange and learn, to offer opportunities for everyone to listen and to be listened.

Commemorating 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's Testament (1969-2019), with the consent of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), on August 22, 2019, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) solemnly held the Documentary Exhibition entitled "50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's Testament". Attending the exhibition were Ms. Trinh Thi Thuy - Member of Civil Affairs Committee, Deputy Minister of  the MoCST; Mr. Nguyen Duc Tai - Director of the Department of General Affairs, Officer of the Party Central Committee; Mr. Phung Minh Cuong - Deputy Permanent Secretary of the MoCST’s Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Tuan Linh - Director General, Chairman of the MoCST's Trade Union; Mr. Pham Quoc Hung - Deputy Director of the Library Department, Mr. Nguyen Huu Gioi - President of Vietnamese Library Association; Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga - Director of the National Library of Viet Nam, together with leaders and representatives of agencies, boards, ministries and central branches in Ha Noi, libraries and information centers, news agencies, press and television, the public and readers.

On August 19, 2019, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) held the BooksGiftingCeremony to receive the book-set on "Bharat Ek Parichay - Sharing the world with the world" from the Embassy of India. Attending the ceremony were H.E Mr. Pranay Verma - Ambassador of India to Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Anh - Deputy Directors, andHead of the NLV’s Divisions, and officials and staffs from the Embassy and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center in Ha Noi. For many years, the Viet Nam -India relations has been growing more and more deeply, gaining many important achievements in many fields, especially in the fields of economics, national defense and security. In particular, in the field of culture, Viet Nam has always receivedthe support and funding from the Indian Government.Through cooperation and cultural exchange programs, many scholarships have been awardedto Vietnamese students and officials,aimingto improve human resources for the cultural sector in general and the library field in particular.

From May 16 - 17, 2019, in Paris, France, the National Library of France (NLF) collaborated with Paris Pedagogical University to organize the International Seminar themed“A portal between French-Vietnamese cultures: from Literature to Human Sciences”. Ms. Laurence Engel, President of the National Library of France and Mr. Marc Mézard, Director of Paris Pedagogical University have attended the seminar and delivered the opening speech. The seminar received attention and participation of scholars, researchers and experts from libraries, archives, research institutes, and universities of Viet Nam, France and the United States. Presentations at the seminar revolved around the theme of culture, literature and the human sciences of Viet Nam during the French colonial period, recreating a picture of French - Vietnamese cultural exchanges and interferences, specifically in the fields of bibliography, Viet Nam’s literature in national script and French language in this period. Through these studies, scientific recommendations have been made for content of the French - Vietnamese portal, expected to be launched in late 2019.

On the morning of May 13, 2019, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Viet Nam, Mr. Öry Csaba had a working visit and presented books to the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV). Ms. Kieu Thuy Nga, Director of the NLV welcomed the delegation. At the meeting, Ambassador Öry Csaba appreciated the good cooperation relations between Viet Nam and Hungary duringthe last years, especially in the field of culture, and hoped to further promote activities in this field. The Ambassador also emphasized on the plan to implement the activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Hungary in 2020, including two key activities that the Embassy expected to cooperate with the NLV to implement,that is to set up aLibrary in the Hungarian Cultural Center in Viet Nam,and organize an photos exhibition aboutHungarian Parliament building on the occasion of the high-level working visit of the Hungarian State leader to Viet Nam. Also within the framework of the working visit to the NLV, Ambassador Öry Csaba presented the NLVa collection of 28 books in Hungarian and English  about history of Hungary's provinces and cities written during the First World War, from the late nineteenth century to the beginning twentieth century...

Towards the 200^th anniversary of Peru's National Day (July 28, 1821) and 25 years of establishing diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Peru (November 14, 1994 – November 14, 2019), on the morning of May 9, 2019, The Embassyof Peru co-operated with the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV)to organize the openingof the Exhibition “The beginning of a history”. Attending the exhibition were Mr. Tran Nhat Hoang - Deputy Director General of the International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST); H.E.Mr. Augusto Morelli Salgado - Ambassador of the Republic of Peru in Viet Nam; Mrs. Kieu Thuy Nga - Director of the NLV, together with representatives of leaders of Departments and Institutes under the MoCST, Ambassadors, representatives of Embassies in Viet Nam, representatives of central and Ha Noi agencies, international organizations, libraries, press and television agencies, the public and readers.