TheNational Library of Vietnam (Vietnamese:Thư viện Quốc gia Việt Nam;French:Bibliothèque Nationale du Viet Nam) is the national library inVietnam and it is located inHanoi. 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.[2]
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.[3]
The library website is available in Vietnamese, English and French.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7]
Indochina books that preserve the history and culture of Indochina from the 17th century through 1954.[8]
Sino-Nom books.[10] These ancient texts are inNôm andHán and, in collaboration with theVietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation, metadata and images were put online to create the Digital Library of Hán-Nôm.[11]
Tapes, CD-ROMS. Includes disks on the Vietnam Communist Party and language learning.[12]
