Head of the Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of itsCommission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia has hailed thenationwide press system for overcoming the "dual" challenges posed byinternal factors and the global economy to fulfill its assigned tasks duringthe first half of the 13th National Party Congress’s term.
During an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agencyon the occasion of the 98th anniversary of Vietnam RevolutionaryPress Day (June 21), Nghia said over the past more than two years, press agencieshave focused on disseminating resolutions of the 13th National PartyCongress through various vivid and diverse forms. Their in-depth and persuasivearticles have popularised the Party's viewpoints, policies, tasks, and solutionsfor socio-economic development, national defence-security, external affairs,and Party building for the 2021-2026 tenure. They encouraged and inspired people from walks oflife to engage in the building of the Party and a clean, strong, efficient andeffective political system.
He said pressagencies at the central and local levels have made timely and comprehensive coverage of the implementation of the 13th National PartyCongress’s Resolution, thus creating public trust and consensus and fostering the spirit ofpatriotism, solidarity, self-reliance and resilience to achieve developmentgoals.
The press has upheld its pioneering role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recovery and social security through spreading positive energy throughout the society, honouring exemplary persons and good practices, while actively joining in the fight against corruption and negative phenomena, protecting the Partyideological foundation, sharply countering distorted and hostile information, contributing to social stability and strengthening public trust, according to Nghia.
Looking back at the past half of the term, therevolutionary press of Vietnam has increasingly demonstrated its clearorientation, high sense of responsibility, and gradually affirmed itsprofessionalism, humanitarian approach and modernity, making significantcontributions to the overall achievements of the country, he confirmed.
To build on the past achievement, Nghia asked the sector to better perform its function of orienting the public, firmly protecting the Party's ideoligical foundation and always accompanying and contributing to the realisation of goals and tasks set by the Party and the country.
The press should continue acting as a bridge between the Party, the State and the people, guiding and encouraging the people to follow the viewpoints and policies of the Party and laws and policies of the State, while serving as a truly reliable forum for the people to express their opinions and aspirations, and through which participate in the country's work.
He also called on the press to continue accelerating digital transformation to build modern, professional,multi-platform and multimedia journalism models; unceasingly renew both content and operatingmethods, uphold its role as a solution-oriented media; honour good examples and good deeds; timely detect new, difficult and complicated issues and provide in-depth analysis and explanations as well as propose solutions.
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He stressed that the ultimate goal of the revolutionary press is to serve the Fatherland, the people and orient the people to humane values. Therefore, besides improving political and professional knowledge, the contingent of journalists should constantly foster their ethics, enhance their social and professional responsibility.
On the occasion, the Party official wished that each journalist would keepingimproving their political mettle, professional expertise and moral virtues totruly become vanguard soldiers on the ideological and cultural frontlines asPresident Ho Chi Minh once advised.
He believed that the nationwide press system will continuemaking important contributions to national construction and development, towardcelebrating the 100th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary PressDay in 2025./.
