Major Libraries and Archival Collections in Viet Nam
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Archives and Repositories
National Archives System
Center for the National Archives (Cøc Lßu Træ Nhà Nß¾c)
C 88 C¯ng V¸
Ba Ðình, Hà Nµi
Tel: 8343 673
Director: Prof. Khäm
Fax: 84-4-8328 553
National Archives Center No 1 (Trung Tâm Lßu Træ Qu¯c Gia 1)
31B Trang Thi
Ha Noi
Director: Ngô Thiªu Hi®u
Collections: Colonial records of the Resident Superieur de Tongkin, Gouvernement Général. Nguyen dynastic records include the Chau Ban and local land and tax records.
National Archives II
2 Ter Lê Duân,
Ho Chi Minh City, District 1
Director: Dr. Phan Ðinh Nham
Tel: 84-8-8224625
Collections: Includes colonial archives of the Resident Superieure d'Annam and Gouvernement de Cochinchine. Also the records of the Republic of Viet Nam.
Access: Letter of recommendation and official research sponsor required for use of the collections.
National Archives III
Director: Nguyn Th¸ Mân
Tel: 84-4-8326 290
Collections: Post 1945 records of the DRV, and SRV.
Libraries
National Library
31 Tràng Thi
Director: Nguyn Thª ÐÑc
Fax: 84-4-8253 357
Email: ntduc@nlv01.gov.vn
Collections: Include the printed materials deposited under French dépot légal from 1922. Old printed catalogues from this period act as guide to these collections. Continues as repository for contemporary legal deposit materials, and has online catalog of some 40,000 recent volumes. Journal and newspaper holdings are significant.
Social Sciences Information Institute (Vi®n Thông Tin Khoa H÷c Xã Hµi)
26 Ly Thuong Kiet
Director: Prof. Lai Van Toan
Tel: 8-253074
Email: toan@ic-ncss.ac.vn
Former library of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient, this library has rich collection of French and quoc ngu materials. Also a number of manuscript collections dating from the French colonial period, such as huong uoc.
Han Nom Research Institute Library
Dang Tien Dong
Ðong Ða
Hanoi
Director: Prof. Phan Van Cac
Fax: 84-4-8570 940
Collections: Include manuscript and printed texts in Nôm and Hán scripts and rubbings of steles. Many of these resources are derived from the former EFEO Library.
Access: Letter of recommendation and official research sponsor required for use of the collections.
Social Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City (Thß Vi®n Khoa H÷c Xã Hµi)
34 Lý Tu Tr÷ng
Tel: 820644
Fax: 822 3735
Director: Tr¥n Minh ÐÑc
General Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City
69 Lý Tu Tr÷ng
Directory: HuÏnh Ng÷c Sß½ng
Tel: 8225055; Fax: 8299318
Email: tvhcm@tvhcm.gov.vn
Former National Library of the Republic of Viet Nam, this library has many rich collections, with newspaper and journal runs that are often divided between here and the National Library in Ha Noi.
University Libraries
Vietnam National University
Library and Information Center
90 Nguyen Trai
Thanh Xuan
Hanoi
Director: Nguyen Huy Chuong
Fax: 84-4-8586 635
Email: cnguyen@bdvn.vnmail.net