What is the list of internal administrative procedures within the state administrative system under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in the library field?

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• What is the list of internal administrative procedures within the state administrative system under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in the library field?
• What are the 08 types of library in Vietnam?
• What are the responsibilities of library founders in Vietnam?

What is the list of internal administrative procedures within the state administrative system under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in the library field?

Pursuant to Decision 997/QD-BVHTTDL 2024, which announces the internal administrative procedures within the state administrative system under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in the library field, the following is the clear list of 9 internal administrative procedures:

What is the list of internal administrative procedures within the state administrative system under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam in the library field? (Image from the Internet)

What are the 08 types of library in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 9 of the Law on Library 2019, Libraries include the following 08 types:

- National Library of Vietnam;

- Public libraries;

- Special libraries;

- Libraries of Vietnam People’s Armed Force;

- Libraries of higher education institutions (“university libraries”);

- Libraries of institutions of preschool education, general education or vocational education and libraries of other educational institutions;

- Community libraries and private libraries open to the general public;

- Libraries of foreign organizations and individuals open to Vietnamese people.

In addition, there are 02 types of library ownership:

- Public libraries, which have their investment and operating conditions ensured and ownership represented by the State, and are organized in the form of public service providers or as appropriate to the organizational model of their supervisory regulatory bodies or organizations;

- Non-public libraries, which have their investment and operating conditions ensured by Vietnamese or foreign organizations, individuals or residential communities, and are organized in the form of enterprises or non-public service providers or another model.

What are the responsibilities of library founders in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 45 of the Law on Library 2019, responsibilities of library founders are as follows:

- Ensure facilities, techniques, funding and workforce for library operations and development as prescribed by laws.

- Manage organizational structure and workforce of libraries.

- Promulgate regulations on organizational structure and operations of libraries according to regulations of laws.

- Implement professional incentive policies for library staff.

- Encourage organizations and individuals to contribute their learning/teaching resources, references, graduate papers, graduate projects, theses, dissertations and scientific research results to libraries of educational institutions and libraries of their workplaces, educational institutions or research institutions.

- Request state agencies and local governments to provide materials and publications they published to libraries free of charge.

- Formulate plans for transfer of information resources and library utilities according to regulations of laws on management and use of public property in case of merger, consolidation, division, dissolution or termination of operation of public libraries.

- Promptly inspect, detect and handle violations against regulations on library operations as prescribed by law.

- Notify the competent authorities prescribed in Article 23 of this Law of establishment, merger, consolidation, division, dissolution and termination of operation of a library.

- Ensure requirements in terms of fire prevention and fire fighting; environmental protection and natural disaster prevention according to regulations of laws.

- Ensure enrichment of information resources in libraries of educational institutions; connect library operations with educational programs of educational institutions as suitable; appoint heads of libraries and library staff who are qualified for library operations.

- Foreign organizations and individuals establishing libraries shall enable their Vietnamese library staff to participate in mass organizations and ensure such staff’s entitlement to other rights according to regulations of Vietnamese laws.