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• Opening Ceremony of Exhibition “Petöfi: Around the World”

  

  Incommemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Poet Petöfi (1823 - 2023), on the afternoon of May 29, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) and the Hungarian Embassy in Viet Nam collaborated to organize the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Petöfi: Around the World”. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung, Acting Director of the NLV, and Mr. Tibor Baloghdi– Hungarian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Viet Nam co-chaired the ceremony. The exhibition “Petöfi: Around the World” is a unique journey that takes attendances on a journey through 19 large-format photographs, including 15 ones in Vietnamese and 4 with similar content in English, sketching the life and many contributions of Sándor Petöfi– the great Hungarian poet and revolutionary. This event is one of the activities of the cooperation program to promote cultural exchange between Vietnam and Hungary. Besides extensive, effective and comprehensive cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, defense, education, training, science and technology, environment, and health... the two sides also made great efforts to promote active cooperation in the field of culture, share experiences in preserving and promoting national cultural identity and traditions in the development process...

• Director of Korean Cultural Center pays a working visit to the National Library of Viet Nam

  

  On the afternoon of May 18, 2023, Mr. Choi Seung Jin – new Director of the Korean Cultural Center visited the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV), Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung - Acting Director of the NLV received the delegation. At the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung congratulated Mr. Choi Seung Jin on his new assignment in Viet Nam, briefly introduced the establishment and development history of the National Library of Viet Nam, and reviewed the cooperation activities between the two agencies over the past time: receiving Korean materials at the NLV, building the Children’s Cultural Library, implementing some reading promotion activities for children… Taking this opportunity, the NLV’s Acting Director expressed his appreciation for the support of the Korean Cultural Center and suggested that the two sides should continue to cooperate in the coming time. At the end of the meeting, Director of the Korean Cultural Center had a tour visit to the campus and reading spaces of the NLV...

• Opening of Photo Exhibition “Orange Wounds”

  

  On the occasion of Europe Day (May 9) and the International Biennial Photo Hanoi'23, on the afternoon of May 13, 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) and the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegations in Viet Nam organized the opening ceremony of the Photo Exhibition “Orange Wounds”. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Dung, Acting Director of the NLV and Mr. Nicolas Dervaux, Representative of the Governments of the French-speaking Belgian community and the Wallonia Region in Viet Nam co-chaired the ceremony. On the side of international guests, there were Mr. Eligio Salas III – Ambassador of Panama to Viet Nam; Mr. Edgar Doerig – Representative of the International Organization of Francophonie for the Asia Pacific region; Mr. Thierry Vergon – Director of the French Institute in Ha Noi, Coordinator of the International Biennial Photo Hanoi'23 and Ms. Elodie Ledure – Author of the photographic works.

• Promoting diverse expressions of Francophone Literature at the National Library of Viet Nam

  

     On the morning of April 25, 2023, on the occasion of the International Francophonie Day and the Viet Nam Book and Reading Culture Day 2023, the National Library of Viet Nam (NLV) cooperated with the representative office of the International Organization of La Francophonie for the Asia Pacific region (OIF) organized a Francophone Literary Talk under the guidance of the following speakers: Dr. Tran Van Cong, Chairman of the Jury for the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie in Viet Nam, Dean of the French Faculty at Hanoi University, Dr. Tran Le Bao Chan, member of the Jury for the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie in Viet Nam, Deputy Dean of the French Faculty at Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy. As part of the OIF’s project since 2001, the Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie allows to honor literary talents, reflect cultural diversity through literary works written in French in five continents and promote writers on the international stage to the public. Several works by these prestigious award winners from Algeria, Belgium, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Palestine and Tunisia have been translated and published in Vietnamese such as: Meursault, contre-enquête/ tentatively translated as “The Meursault Investigation” (2014); Congo Inc. le testament de Bismarck/ tentatively translated as “Congo Inc. Bismarck’s Testament” (2015); Le Corps de ma mère/ tentatively translated as “The Body of my Mother” (2016); La Théo des fleuves/ Tentatively translated as “The Story of the Gypsy woman” (2018); Le Palais des Deux Collines/ tentatively translated as “Palace of the Two Hills” (2021) were introduced by speakers at the Talk.

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