Uncle Ho’s special sentiment towards Vietnam News Agency
President Ho Chi Minh was the person who named Vietnam News Agency. Throughout its development history, the agency has always received special guidance and attention of the late President.
President Ho Chi Minh gives advice to VNA journalist Tue Oanh on how to report on the National Assembly election, third tenure (April 26, 1964). (Photo: File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh, Vice President Ton Duc Thang and comrade Truong Chinh in a photo with reporters serving the 3rd National Party Congress (1960). The person sitting between President Ho Chi Minh and comrade Truong Chinh is VNA journalist Huynh Thi Huong and the person wearing glasses behind Uncle Ho is journalist Le Ba Thuyen (Deputy Director of VNA) (Photo: File/VNA)
During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh regularly spends time reading, commenting and directly approving news and articles of the Vietnam News Agency (Photo: File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh gives a box of cigarette to as present to reporter Lam Hong Long – author of the well-known photo pieces featuring President Ho Chi Minh titled “Bac Bat Nhip Bai Ca Ket Doan” (Uncle Ho Conducting a Song of Unity)
President Ho Chi Minh’s autograph while editing VNA news (Photo:File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh’s autograph while editing VNA news (Photo:File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh’s autograph while editing VNA news (Photo:File/VNA)
President Ho Chi Minh’s autograph while editing VNA news (Photo:File/VNA)
Deputy Director of the Information Department Tran Kim Xuyen, who is in charge of the VNA (first right), attends the welcome ceremony, reports and interviews President Ho Chi Minh when he returns home after visiting France and signing a Vietnam - France temporary agreement (Modus Vivendi) (September 14, 1946) (Photo: File/VNA)
The Declaration of Independence, read by President Ho Chi Minh at the historic Ba Dinh Square on September 2, 1945, was published worldwide in Vietnamese, English and French by the Vietnam News Agency on Sept 15, 1945 (Photo: File/VNA)
Thong Tan Xa Giai Phong (Liberation News Agency) – the counterpart of Vietnam News Agency at the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam during the wartime – is among the 15 units and localities honoured with the title "Hero of the People’s Armed Forces" for their exceptionally outstanding achievements during the anti-American resistance war.
Throughout its 75-year history, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has always been accompanying the nation and joining hands with the whole Party, people, and army, along the nine-year resistance war against the French that culminated in the resounding Dien Bien Phu victory, as well as the 21-year battle against the US that ultimately led to the Great Spring Victory in 1975 and the reunification of the country and the taking of the path towards socialism.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam News Agency (September 15, 1945 - September 15, 2020), OANA President Cho Sung-boo, who is also President and CEO of the Yonhap News Agency in the Republic of Korea, sent his congratulations and made remarks on cooperation with VNA.