Official name of the country:
Công-hòa xa-hôí
chú-nghia Viêt nam
(Socialist Republic of Viet Nam)
Official language: Vietnamese
Official name of Parliament:
Quóc hôi Viet nam
(National Assembly)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union
Secretary General: Mr Vu MAO
(Chú nhiêm van phòng)
2. Address
Thú viên Quóc hôi
Só 35 Ngô Quyèn
Hà nôi, 10001
Tel.: *(84)(4)245550 ext 6503
Fax: *(84)(4)253763
3. Details
on the Library
Year of foundation: 1979
Person in charge: Mr Dào Van
Thach
Position or official title: Phu
trách phòng thú viên
Number of library staff: 5
Number of professional librarians:
3
Number of research and subject analyst staff
in the Library: 2
Size of collection: 12.000
Number of annual accessions: 600 -
800
Annual acquisitions budget:
10.000.000 - 15.000.000 D (~ US$ 1.000 - 1.500)
Number of current periodicals:
120
Periodicals indexed for relevant
articles: Yes
Number of periodicals which are currently
indexed for articles: 60
Number of periodical articles indexed per
year: 1.500 - 2.000
Number of current newspapers:
50
Press cuttings: Yes, by the Library
(20)
Indexing of Parliamentary Papers:
Yes
Library uses a thesaurus or a classification
system for subject indexing: Thesaurus and classification
system
Automation of cataloguing: No
Clientele: Members, parliamentary
staff
Number of reading rooms: 1 (20)
Number of loans per year: 1.500 -
2.000
Reference services: 500 - 800
Current bibliographies: Yes
Retrospective subject bibliographies:
No
External database searches: Yes
IFLA membership: No
4. Publications published by the Library
Thông báo thú
muc hàng tháng
Monthly. - Bibliographic bulletin
Thông báo sách
mói hàng tuân
Weekly. - New acquisitions
6. Parliamentary documents
Các van kiên cuá
ky hop
Documents of the sessions
* Nguói dai biêú
nhan dan
The People's Deputy. - Journal
(updated in December 1994)