A national seminar reviewing the glorious tradition of the Vietnamese revolutionary press took place in Hanoi on June 18 in celebration of its 90th founding anniversary (June 21).

Opening the event, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) Thuan Huu recalled that on June 21, 1925, the late President Ho Chi Minh founded the Thanh nien [Young People] newspaper, marking the birth of the Vietnam revolutionary press which has since grown in stature under the leadership of the Party.

The Vietnam revolutionary press holds fast to the ideals of the Party and performs its function as the mouthpiece of the Party and State as well as a forum of the people, he said, adding that it offers a huge volume of daily and up-to-date news to the public in print, audio, television and electronic forms.

He lauded the immense contributions made by the Vietnam revolutionary press to the national liberation and development, including the brave sacrifices of journalists on the battlefield during the war, which he said, has built a pride-worthy history of the sector.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son pointed to flaws in need of further attention, including loose management that leads to untruthful and biased news to be published, inadequate awareness of political ideology and cases of professional ethics violations.

Veteran journalist Phan Quang welcomed a plan to reshuffle the press sector in a way that improves its quality and sustainable development.

In his view, it must be done in tandem with improving professional skills, social responsibility and ethics of each journalist.

Editor-in-chief of Tap Chi Cong San (Communist Review) Vu Van Phuc, for his part, said honing professional ethics depends on each individual’s awareness.

Veteran journalist Ha Dang underlined that raising political will and professional ethics is never outdated.-VNA