Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen The Ky has commended VNA leaders and staff endeavours on the initial success of the Vietnam News Agency TV Channel (VNews).

On the first anniversary of Vnews, in Hanoi on August 25, the Party official said that with reporters and editors located across the country and 27 bureaus around the world, VNews has covered key domestic and international news in a fast and correct manner.

The channel has also launched news in both English and Chinese after one year of operation, he added.

He said the echo of the channel has reached many places inside the country and abroad.

He said he hopes the channel will make good progress in the future to become a special current news channel imbued with VNA distinctive identity.

VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong said that the staff of the VNews and VNA in general must exert more efforts to perfect their profession to build Vnews, following the “correct, timely, anytime and everywhere” standard and operate in a disciplined, democratic and active manner.

VNA Deputy General Director and Director of the VNA Television Centre Nguyen Hoai Duong said that two weeks after last year’s official launch, the channel began broadcasting news programmes around the clock.

So far, the VNews signal has reached all cities and provinces nationwide, including the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and its programmes are available online on the Internet and mobile phones, Duong said./.