External information service contributes to national development, defence

Outstanding collectives and individuals are honoured with certificates of merit by the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education at the conference in Quang Ninh province on December 30 (Photo: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA)– The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education has presented certificates of merit to 30 collectives, including the World News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, and 16 individuals for their outstanding performance in the external information service and communications about seas, islands, and land border.

The collectives and individuals were honoured at a national conference held in northern Quang Ninh province on December 30to review the external information service and communications about seas,islands, border demarcation, border marker planting, and border management in2020 and launch tasks for next year.

Highlighting the achievementsin 2020, Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member and Chairman of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Information and Education, said the externalinformation service has reflected Vietnam as a friend, trustworthy partner, andresponsible member of the international community and a safe destination in anobjective, honest, sufficient, timely, and profound manner.

Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong presents the certificate of merit to the World News Department of the Vietnam News Agency (Photo: VNA)

The communications aboutseas, islands, and land border have closely followed the reality and beencarried out frequently and continually, helping to improve public awareness,winning over the international community’s support, and creating favourableconditions for the protection of Vietnam’s rights and legitimate interests inthe East Sea.

During the Party’s 12th tenure since 2016, he added, the external information service andcommunications about seas, islands, and land border have helped promote theintroduction of Vietnam and its culture and people to the world, fight againstwrong and distorted arguments and viewpoints of hostile forces, and safeguardthe country’s land border, as well as sea-related rights and legal andlegitimate interests, thus contributing to national development and defence.

Thuong, who is also Secretaryof the Party Central Committee, noted that there will remain both opportunitiesand challenges in the international and regional situation, including the East Seaissue, which could affect the country’s security and relations among regionalnations in 2021. The 13th National Party Congress and the electionof deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils atall levels will also take place next year.

Given this, the forces incharge of the external information service and communications about seas,islands, and land border should keep reforming their mindset, improving theirawareness, political mettle, and professional capacity, and diversifying communicationmethods.

They also need to boost thecombined coverage of the Party, State and people-to-people diplomacy whileoptimising support of nations and friends around the world to continuepromoting Vietnam’s stature in the international arena, the official added./.

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