Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day 2022, the first of its kind, will take place with various activities this month, especially from April 15 to May 1. (11 Apr 2022) On this occasion, the HCM City People’s Committee will host a book fair on Nguyen Hue street from April 19 to 24. There will also…
(18 Dec 2021) Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Chairman of the Lok Sabha (House of Representatives) of India Om Birla witnessed a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the NA of Vietnam and the Lok Sabha on cooperation in the field of library and television held in New Delhi on December…
(7 Apr 2021) The French Embassy in Vietnam and the National Library of Vietnam on April 7 unveiled a digital library at https://heritage.bnf.fr/france-vietnam. (available in French and Vietnamese) It is considered a “Common Heritage” collection, consisting of more than 2,000 documents from the collections of the two national libraries and partners. The digital…
(17 Mar 2021) The Tang Tho Chamber, a national library under the Nguyen Dynasty, the last Vietnamese kings, has begun welcoming visitors in central Hue town after being closed for 75 years. The chamber displays more than 70,000 documents in diverse genres, including books in the ancient Vietnamese script of Han Nom, ancient bibliographies,…
(23 Feb 2021) Vietnamese government has approved library digitalization program to 2025 with the vision to 2030. This move is considered as a significant step to promote information technology application especially digital technology with the aim to ensure library continuity as Covid-19 puts brake to academic activity. The program goal is to complete…
(12 Jan 2021) The first Christian public library has opened in Vietnam, after a six-month approval process last year by several agencies of Vietnam’s Communist Government. “We hope it will be a symbol of Christian unity and Christian learning in Vietnam,” says Vu Le, executive director of Bible Society Vietnam, which established the library with local…
(12 Nov 2020) Overseas Vietnamese scientist Vo Ta Han has given 9,338 books, worth over VND26 billion (US$1.15 million), to universities in Vietnam. Scientist Han yesterday donated 942 books worth nearly VND3 billion ( or $130,397) to the library of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Van Hien University through the city Committee for Overseas…
(10 Jan 2020) On December 30, 2019, the government of Vietnam issued Decree 99/2019/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of the amended 2018 Law on Higher Education (Decree 99). Decree 99 will take effect on 15 February 2020, and sets out, among other things, conditions for the establishment of campuses in Vietnam of foreign higher-education institutions,…
(14 Nov 2019) The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on November 14 handed over 500 books to the Cultural Centre and Library in Kampong Speu province, aiming to encourage the country’s reading culture and human resources training. VietnamPlus has the full story here.
(3 Oct 2019) On October 1, 2019, Vietnam filed an instrument of accession to join the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Geneva Act of July 2, 1999). The Hague Agreement will officially take effect in Vietnam on January 1, 2020, three months after the filing date of the instrument. Certain provisions of…