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Up to 112 works will be honoured at the awarding ceremony of the National Press Awards 2020, the judging panel announced on June 3.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered a speech at a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 11 to celebrate 70 years since the first issue of the Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, the official organ of the Party Central Committee.

Member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and deputy head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Thuan Huu hosted a reception for US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink in Hanoi on July 1.

A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) paid a working visit to Thailand from November 25 to December 1.

The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) and the Lao Journalists Association (LJA) co-organised an international workshop in the central province of Nghe An from July 25-28.

A delegation from the Central Steering Committee for External Information Service, led by Party Central Committee member and deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education Thuan Huu recently visited Belarus and Estonia to exchange experience in external information service.

The National Press Festival 2019, themed “Innovative, creative, responsible Vietnamese press for the interest of the nation and people”, kicked off in Hanoi on March 15.

Nhan Dan (People) newspaper officially launched its representative office in Moscow, Russia on July 6, becoming the fourth press agency of Vietnam opening a branch in the country.

The Vietnamese Journalists Association (VJA) and the Foreign Press Association in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (APES) have agreed to extend the two-year cooperation agreement they reached in late 2017.

Press and news agencies of Vietnam and China need to promote information sharing as well as enhance delegation exchange to boost the friendship and mutual understanding between the two peoples, said press officials of both countries.

A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) led by its President Thuan Huu attended the 19th General Assembly of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) which took place in Bangkok, Thailand from January 24-28.

A delegation of the VJA led by its President Thuan Huu paid a working visit to Cuba from September 18-25, with the purpose of exchange experience in press management and development.

Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan (People) newspaper Thuan Huu hosted a reception on May 25 for President of China’s Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua) Cai Mingzhao who is on a visit to Vietnam from May 23-27.

The Vietnam Journalists Association assumed the position of President and Secretary General of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists for the next tenure at the CAJ’s 18th General Assembly on Nov. 27.

Nhan Dan Television channel officially made its debut and started broadcasting in Hanoi on September 1.

The press must become a bridge linking the Party and State with people and an open forum to promote democracy, advanced cultural values and social feedback, the Party General Secretary said.