Vietnam National Library

Situated on Tràng Thi Street, it is the country’s largest library which was founded in 1919. At first, it was named after Pierce Pasquier, an Indochinese Governor General. In its heyday in 1939, the Pierre Pasquier Library contained 92,163 books, 20% of which were in Vietnamese.

Vietnam National Library

In 1954, after our victory over France, the library Was transformed into the Central Library. The Remaining books together with those brought from the government’s library in Việt Bắc amounted to 180,000.
On 26 June 1957, the Central Library was for-mally renamed the Việt Nam National Library. It also served as the nation’s deposit store of books published domestically. For over the past four decades, new domestic and foreign publications have been continuously added to the Vietnam National Library. It currently has over one million books and seven thousand newspapers and magazines, both in Vietnamese and foreign languages. Further, all theses of Vietnamese Ph.D graduates and scientists, completed in Việt Nam or abroad, are also kept in the library.

The Viet Nam National Library is one of Việt Nam’s cultural centers that have the most contact with inter-national counterparts. It regularly exchanges books and periodicals with more than 300 libraries and major scientific institutions in about 100 foreign countries. It is a member of the International Federation of Library and Institutions (IFLA). Through international exchanges cooperation, the library has been able to acquire hundreds of thousands of valuable books and periodicals in foreign languages and on various domains.
The library has been equipped with reading rooms, and bookshelves and other facilities, which are very convenient for readers. At present, it has got a large lawn under age-old green trees where readers may have a rest and talk with one another.

the Ha Noi Library

The library regularly holds lecture on various aspects of life, the economy, culture, history, science, and technology for the interested public. Speakers often include famous scientists, scholars, writers and artists. The library also organizes seminars on famous figures and many issues.

The Vietnam National Library gives much attention to equipping the nationwide library system with management skills.
Other major libraries in Hà Nội include the Science and Technology Library, the Vietnam Social Sciences Library (Lý Thường Kiệt Street), the Vietnam Army Library (Lý Nam Đế Street), the Ha Noi Library (47 Bà Triệu Street), and lots of others at lower levels.