National Library of Vietnam explained

Native Name:	Thư viện Quốc gia Việt Nam
Native Name Lang:	vi
National Library of Vietnam
Country:	Vietnam
Type:	National library
Location:	31 Trang Thi street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, Vietnam
Coordinates:	21.0258°N 105.8494°W
Director:	Kieu Thuy Nga
Num Employees:	173

The National Library of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Thư viện Quốc gia Việt Nam; French: Bibliothèque Nationale du Viet Nam) is the national library in Vietnam and it is located in Hanoi. It was established by a decree of 29 November 1917 as the central library of Indochina.^[1] In September 1919 the library was made open to the public with an intent to support and promote western archive and library work.

It took the successive names of Pierre Pasquier (28 February 1935), Bibliothèque Nationale (National Library, 20 October 1945), Bibliothèque Centrale de Hanoï (Central Library of Hanoi, February 1947) before being given its present name at 21 November 1958.^[2]

Website and digital collections

The library website is available in Vietnamese, English and French.^[3] It provides the latest news concerning the library and gives details about recent library events and activities.In addition, the website includes information about professional development, publications, and librarianship in Vietnam.^{[4] [5]} The website also provides information about digital collections. These collections include:

• Doctoral theses, which holds over 30,000 abstracts and full texts by Vietnamese people.^[6]
• Indochina books that preserve the history and culture of Indochina from the 17th century through 1954.^[7]
• Books, maps about Hanoi.^[8]
• Sino-Nom books.^[9] These ancient texts are in Nôm and Hán and, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation, metadata and images were put online to create the Digital Library of Hán-Nôm.^[10]
• Tapes, CD-ROMS. Includes disks on the Vietnam Communist Party and language learning.^[11]
• English books about Vietnam.^[12]

See also

• List of national libraries

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foundation History . National Library of Vietnam . 24 October 2018.
2. Web site: Foundation History . National Library of Vietnam . 24 October 2018.
3. Web site: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF VIETNAM . 2021-03-02 . National Library of Vietnam.
4. Welch . Bernadette . Murray . Janet . 2010-01-01 . Libraries and LIS education in Vietnam: a view from the outside . Library Management . 31 . 7 . 526 . 10.1108/01435121011071210 . 0143-5124.
5. Web site: TIN TỨC - SỰ KIỆN . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
6. Web site: Doctoral theses CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
7. Web site: Indochina Books CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
8. Web site: Books, maps about Hanoi CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
9. Web site: Han-Nom collection CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
10. Web site: The Han Nom Special Collection Digitization Project . 2023-10-19 . Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation.
11. Web site: Collection of tapes, CDs and DVDs CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.
12. Web site: English books about Vietnam CAC BO SUU TAP . 2023-10-19 . National Library of Vietnam.