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44th OANA Executive Board Meeting – a success

The 44th Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) Executive Board Meeting, hosted by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on April 19, was a success as regional news agencies together sought to beat fake news to regain public trust in mainstream news.
44th OANA Executive Board Meeting – a success ảnh 1Delegates to 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting take photo (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The 44th Organisation of Asia-Pacific NewsAgencies (OANA) Executive Board Meeting, hosted by the Vietnam News Agency(VNA) on April 19, was a success as regional news agencies together sought tobeat fake news to regain public trust in mainstream news.

VNADeputy Director General Vu Viet Trang, who is deputy head of the organisingboard of the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting, stated that almostall reports of news agencies and speeches by invited speakers focused on theissue of fake news, a decline in public trust in the media, and the applicationof technology in news production.

Inaddition to negative impact caused by fake news on society, delegates alsoshared experience in dealing with the issue and intensifying fact-checking soas to provide accurate news for the public, thus helping news agencies regain theirtrust in mainstream news.

Throughspeeches delivered at the meeting, VNA is more confident in its developmentorientations which are to provide news in a timely, accurate and objectivemanner and at the same time step up technology application to make it operatemore professionally.

Tofulfil their role of providing source information for the media, VNA and otherOANA member agencies have pursued the accuracy of news they produced after verifyingneeded information from authorised sources.

Fact-checkingrequires time, but it is necessary for a professional journalism, Trangemphasised, adding that providing accurate and comprehensive information forthe public is a responsibility of news agencies for ensuring the public’s rightto access information adequately.

Accordingto the VNA Deputy Director General, international colleagues to the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting witnessed a new development step of Vietnam’snational news agency, which is reflected through its e-newspaper Vietnamplusreceiving the OANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality for Chatbot app.

Onthe day, with its role as the host of the meeting, VNA has actively providedinformation in different types for OANA member agencies as well as other newsoutlets.

Forthe meeting’s success, the agency received special attention from PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam, Ministries of Information andCommunication, and Foreign Affairs, and the People’s Committees of Hanoi andnorthern Quang Ninh province, she added.-VNA
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