(CPV) - On September 26, the Vietnam News Agency held a ceremony to receive medals of the Lao People's Democratic Republic for the staff. Being authorized by the State President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Lao Minister of Information and Culture Mounkeo Olaboun presented medals to 95 specialists from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA). At the ceremony, VNA Acting Director Nguyen Quoc Uy reviewed the deep memory presented to VNA by the Lao People's Democratic Republic as well as the cooperation between the two agencies over the past 60 years. "We are always aware that the cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency and the Lao Khaosan Pathet News Agency in the past revolutionary cause, as well as the present time of national construction and defence is a brotherly relation. Therefore, the honest awards that are presented to VNA's staff by the Lao party, state and people of Laos tribes are not the honour of each specialist but also the common honour of VNA and Lao Pathet … [Read more...] about Laos presents awards to specialists of Vietnam News Agency
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PCC secretary To Huy Rua: Vietnam News Agency must provide orthodox, oriented information
Vietnam News Agency (VNA) must be an orthodox provider of information, said Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC Commission for Cultural and Ideological Affairs during a meeting of the VNA on September 11. He pointed out that to be a state news agency under the direct and comprehensive leadership of the party, the VNA played a very important party in the country press system. The VNA must be a provider of information for research, party and state guidelines, satisfying the demands for news of other mass media. It must supply news for domestic and international readers, implementing the target of disseminating information on internal and foreign affairs, said Mr Rua. The requirements on the state news agency are increasingly high because of complex changes of the world and the demands for the dissemination of national doi moi (renewal). The VNA was asked to give orthodox information to, correctly orient the readers and rule over the information, and become … [Read more...] about PCC secretary To Huy Rua: Vietnam News Agency must provide orthodox, oriented information
Vietnam News Agency celebrates 65th year
HA NOI — The Vietnam News Agency was bestowed with its second Ho Chi Minh Order at a ceremony to honour its founding 65 years ago at the Ha Noi Opera House yesterday. VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong, his deputies and predecessors were on stage to receive Viet Nam's second highest order on behalf of the agency from National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong. They stood among an abundance of flowers, including those from Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet, while an audience of VNA veterans warmly applauded. Pictures taken by numerous VNA photographers in war and peace were on display in the galleries at the entrance to the auditorium. VNA would have to lift its standards even higher in the age of globalisation with continuing development of information technology, Trong told the gathering. The various types of modern information services with their increasing transmission speeds posed both opportunities and challenges, he said. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency celebrates 65th year
Vietnam News Agency’s e-newspaper marks fifth anniversary
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the Vietnam Plus e-newspaper of Vietnam News Agency (VNA) the Labour Order, third class at a ceremony to mark its 5th anniversary in Hanoi on November 13. First launched in 2008, Vietnam Plus has quickly become one of the top official e-newspapers in the country, offering news in five languages - Vietnamese, English, French, Spanish and Chinese - along with convenient applications, such as Vietnam Plus Mobile and a multi-language website introducing Thang Long-Hanoi. Deputy PM Phuc highlighted the VNA's outstanding achievements since its inception nearly 70 years ago in the struggle for national liberation and reunification, as well as in the cause of national construction and defence. He urged the VNA and Vietnam Plus to always bring the latest and best quality information to readers. For his part, VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi pledged the agency will try its best to further develop to deserve its role as a strategic … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency’s e-newspaper marks fifth anniversary
Vietnam News Agency urged to continue with renewal
The Vietnam News Agency needed to continue with renewal and remain a trustworthy, strategic information centre for the State and Government, permanent member of the Party Central Committees Secretariat and Politburo member Truong Tan Sang said yesterday. The agency had served as the channel for Party information and provided fast and accurate reports about its policies, he said. The Politburo member, who spoke with VNA executives at the agencys headquarters in Ha Noi Street, praised its implementation of Central Committee Resolution No 5 dealing with ideology, theory and journalism in the new period. The agency had also fulfilled its responsibility to provide foreign news and improve journalism within the context of information technologys rapid development, he said. But Sang emphasised the importance of further innovation as the agency responded to the challenges of global integration, especially the harsh competition for information in the country and the world. The agency needed to … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency urged to continue with renewal