It is run by the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City.

The library has a large reading hall and several floors with stacks dedicated to its collection of over two million volumes.

[1] The library has a children's area, printing and copying resources, and a portal for searching online database.

Known as the Documentation Library of the Government of Cochinchina, it was established by Admiral-Governor Marie Gustave Hector Ohier.

[4] The library received its name on April 14, 1978, when the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh issued the decision.