General Director Sounthon Khanthavong of the Lao news agency KPL highlighted support that the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has offered to KPL since its establishment, especially in training of reporters.
Editors from Vietnamplus, an e-newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency, and their colleagues from Asian and European media outlets discussed the roles and responsibility of journalists.
Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia Salleh Said Keruak has proposed establishing a news agency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the first ASEAN Editors Summit.
With its capacity of approaching people from all walks of life, the press is responsible for and plays an important role in popularising necessary information about the ASEAN Community.
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