Foreign service information work contributes to national development

Information work for foreign service has been carried out comprehensively, making significant contributions to ensuring peaceful environment, territorial integrity and international integration for the country.
Foreign service information work contributes to national development ảnh 1Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong speaks at the conference (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Information work for foreign service has beencarried out comprehensively, making significant contributions to ensuringpeaceful environment, territorial integrity and international integration forthe country.

Thiswas heard at the conference held by the Party Central Committee’s Commissionfor Information and Education in collaboration with the Steering Committee onExternal Information Work in Hanoi on December 28.

As 2018 plays an important role in realising the resolution adopted by the 12th National Party Congress, the 2016-2020 socio-economic development plan andpopularisation work has attained significant achievements, helping raise publicawareness on sea and island, land border demarcation and marker planting, andborder management while mobilising international support and boostingcooperation with countries sharing borderline with Vietnam, the conferenceheard.

At the meeting, representatives from ministries, sectors and localities sharedexperience in external information work and discussed important issues inimplementing popularisation mission in 2019.

Head of the commission Vo Van Thuong said that dissemination work should becarried out in a more flexible manner, meeting demand of different groups ofpeople and localities.

He added that information technology (IT) and modern communication methods mustbe utilized effectively, particularly to reject wrongful and distorted informationby hostile forces and promote the image of Vietnam’s land, culture and peopleamong international friends.

Stressing key missions for 2019, Thuong stated that relevant authorities shouldget deeper insight into the significance of foreign service information andchallenges to carry out the work in the new context.

In addition, they should keep close watch on global and domestic developmentsto build rational dissemination programmes, he underlined.

At the event, the commission presented merit certificates to 28 agencies,including Vietnam News – the only English-language daily in Vietnam which is anaffiliate of the Vietnam News Agency, and nine individuals for their excellentaccomplishments in external information work of sea and border-related informationin 2018.-VNA
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