The National Press Forum, as part of the National Press Festival 2024, took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15, with over 60 veteran journalists and international media experts taking part.
At a session in the National Press Forum (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The National Press Forum, as part of the National Press Festival 2024, took place in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15, with over 60 veteran journalists and international media experts taking part.
Co-hosted by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the municipal People's Committee, the event featured 10 sessions on pressing topics relevant to Vietnam's revolutionary press in the age of digital transformation.
Speaking at the event, Editor-in-Chief ๊of Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper, deputy head 🍌of the commission and VJA Chairman Le Quoc Minh said the forum provides a platform for in-depth professional exchange, tackling the imperative of innovation across leadership method, management thinking and journalistic activities.
Officials at the event (Photo: VNA)
Highlighting the need for innovation in journalism in the current context, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said digital technology, the Internet and social media are powerful drivers for this innovation which will strengthen the role of revolutionary journalism in building a strong and prosperous country.
Inဣ his remarks, Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the municipal People's Comm🤡ittee, expressed his hope for continued collaboration with the press. He encouraged media outlets to champion the city's goals, particularly disseminating its 50 outstanding projects, toward celebrating the 50th anniversary of southern liberation and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - 2025)./.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia on March 17 asked press agencies and journalists to stay resolved to fulfill the target of building a revolutionary press circle of professionalism, culture and modernity.
Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia on March 17 asked press agencies and journalists to stay resolved to fulfill the target of building a revolutionary press circle of professionalism, culture and modernity.
The 2024 National Press Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15 as a significant preparation step towards the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Revolutionary Press Day.
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Dr Pham Minh Hung from the University of Economics and Business under Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said the fixed-term contract mechanism is a correct step, liberating the entire system from traditional constraints which have long stood in the way of innovation.
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A senior Party official highlighted the VNA’s consistent role over the past eight decades, noting that it remains a mainstream, uninterrupted, timely, accurate, and authoritative source of news that helps shape public opinion, strengthen public trust, and safeguard the ideological foundation of the Party.
Dr. Kobelev, born in 1938 in Ulyanovsk, was among the first Soviet scholars to specialise in Vietnam. As a former TASS correspondent during the war in Vietnam, he worked closely with Vietnamese institutions and later helped found Russia’s Centre for Vietnamese and ASEAN Studies.
At a session in the National Press Forum (Photo: VNA) 
Officials at the event (Photo: VNA) 
