NA Chairman encourages press contributions

The press must be a leading force in promoting patriotism and solidarity, fully tapping its potential, intellect and creativity to translate the goal of turning Vietnam into a modern and industrial country by 2020.
With its capacity and strength, the press must be a leading force inpromoting patriotism and solidarity, fully tapping its potential,intellect and creativity to translate the goal of turning Vietnaminto a modern and industrial country by 2020.

In his speechdelivered at the 9th Congress of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association(VJA) for the 2010-2015 period in Hanoi on August 12, National AssemblyChairman Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that the Party and the State havealways supported and created favourable conditions for press developmentand for journalists to promote their creativity, social responsibilityand civil obligation in serving the country.

Chairman Trong, whois a Party politburo member, said that as for the people, the pressneeds to exert efforts to raise people’s cultural standards, create ahigh degree of consensus in society and encourage greater nationalsolidarity.

The press must also encourage peoplefrom all walks of life to participate in the implementation of thecountry’s renewal process, accelerating industrialisation andmodernisation for a strong country with rich people and an equal,democratic and civilised society.

He praised and thanked the great contributions made by the press and the VJA to national construction and defence.
Apart from reviewing operations and praising achievements andcontributions, pointing out weaknesses and discussing measures toenhance the role and position of the association in the upcoming tenure,the VJA’s 9 th Congress, which saw the attendance of nearly 18,000members nationwide, passed the revised VJA regulations in line with theoperation of the press and the association for the 2010-2015 period.

Thecongress also adopted its resolution, focusing on continuedimplementation of the Party Central Committee’s Resolution on ideology,theory and press, enhancement of measures and new methods in trainingand raising revolutionary skills and socio-political awareness, andimprovement of professional skills among members.

The VJA’sresolution also focuses on effective involvement in press management,protection of rights and legal benefits for members, acceleration ofcultural and sporting activities and the expansion of externalactivities and international cooperation for the association.

Thecongress elected a 51-member executive board, with journalist Dinh TheHuynh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan newspaper, re-elected as chairman.

Fourvice chairmen are Ta Ngoc Tan, Editor-in-Chief of the CommunistMagazine, Pham Quoc Toan, vice chairman of the 8 th congress of VJA, HaMinh Hue, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency, and MaDieu Cuong, Deputy General Director of Ho Chi Minh Television.

Asof December, 2009 there were 706 print press agencies (178 newspapersand 528 magazines), a national news agency, two national radio andtelevision stations, 64 local radio and television stations, 37 onlinenewspapers and 160 media websites./.

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