Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 21 by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Vietnam Journalists’ Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 – 2025).
Party General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony, which also saw the attendance of former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man, former NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, among others.
Reviewing the 100-year journey of formation and development of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Nguyen Trong Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day is an opportunity to review and multiply the pride, respect, and infinite gratitude towards President Ho Chi Minh - the founder, leader, trainer and great teacher of the Vietnamese revolutionary press. It is an occasion to show the pride of and gratitude to outstanding and exemplary leaders, revolutionary soldiers, and senior journalists; remember generations of journalists who directly fought and heroically sacrificed during the resistance wars against the French colonialists and American imperialists; express gratitude for the contributions of generations of journalists and soldiers who have raised high the Party's ideological flag, propagated, encouraged and implemented the 1943 Outline on Vietnamese Culture, determined to overcome the severe consequences of wars and natural disasters, and firmly protected the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland.
The Party official highly appreciated and honoured the achievements and lessons that the press has created during the “Doi moi” (renewal) period, which has deepened the functions, tasks, principles and purposes of the revolutionary press; and demonstrated the level, capacity, thinking on press management and practice, professional capacity and professional ethics of journalists. He took this occasion to respectfully thanked people from all walks of life, who have protected, sheltered, helped, encouraged, motivated and accompanied press agencies and revolutionary journalists over the past 100 years.
Nghia emphasised that the country is standing at the threshold of a new development stage, with opportunities and challenges intertwined. The revolutionary press is facing turning-point and breakthrough changes. The goals, tasks, and strategic solutions that the entire Party, people, army, and political system are determined to carry out to bring the country steadily forward in the new era are the topics, goals, and tasks of press agencies and journalists.
That context and goal require each press agency and journalist nationwide, first of all, to renew their thinking, awareness, and practical actions so that the press becomes more revolutionary, professional, modern, and humane, worthy of the glorious tradition of 100 years of building, fighting, and growing of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, he said.
“Our Party and State always affirm that the Vietnamese revolutionary press is an inseparable part of the entire ideological and cultural work of the Party, and of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. The press takes the interests of the country, the happiness and prosperity of the people as the ultimate goal, all for rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness and civilisation,” Nghia stressed.
Emphasising that the 100-year journey of the Vietnamese revolutionary press has marked the efforts, achievements, lessons, challenges, ups and downs, and aspirations to move forward, Nghia affirmed that over the past century, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has always been steadfast, loyal, and devoted to the noble revolutionary cause of the Party, the nation, and the people.
“We will enter the next 100-year journey with great aspirations, determination, and efforts to excellently fulfill the role and mission entrusted by the Party, the State, and the people, helping to bring the country into a new era, for a Vietnam of ‘peace, independence, democracy, wealth, prosperity, civilisation, happiness, firmly advancing toward socialism’, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers, as President Ho Chi Minh wished and the burning aspiration of the entire nation, he stressed.
At the ceremony, on behalf of Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded a Ho Chi Minh Order to the Vietnamese revolutionary press for its great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the Emblem of Gratitude to the outstanding contributions of veteran journalists who have made great contributions to the cause of the Vietnam revolutionary press.
Before attending the ceremony, delegates visited an exhibition at the National Convention Centre which showcases photos, documents, and historical artifacts about the 100-year tradition of the Vietnam revolutionary press; achievements and trends in press development in the new era; and equipment and applications of modern press and communication technology./.
