Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (R) and President of Japan's Kyodo News Toru Mizutani (Photo: VNA) Xuan said Vietnam always considers Japan its topstrategic partner in economic development. Japan is now the biggest ODA donor,the third largest investor, the third biggest tourism partner and the fourth largesttrade partner of Vietnam.
In her view, activitiesduring the guest’s visit, including the signing of a professional cooperationagreement between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Kyodo News and a photoexhibition marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, have contributed to realising common perceptions reached by the two countries’leaders regarding specific measures to beef up Vietnam-Japan extensivestrategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia.
She believed that the twonews agencies will build on the past achievements to enhance the sharing of professionalexpertise and experience, thus spreading news widely in the digital environment.
Speaking highly of informationand communication activities regarding bilateral relations conducted by the VNA andKyodo News in recent years, she suggested that both sides should continue effectivecooperation amid the strong development of information technology and digitaltransformation.
Delegates at the reception (Photo: VNA) The host also urged KyodoNews to further promote the dissemination of information and photos to help theJapanese people and international friends have a better understanding ofVietnam, its people and culture.
Mizutani,for his part, said Kyodo News has been working closely with the VNA in terms of expertise to enhance mediaactivities and contribute to strengthening the traditional relationship betweenthe two countries.
Recently, leaders of the two news agencies held talks and signed a bilateral cooperation agreement ondigital and professional contents to ensure the effectiveness of informationcooperation and contribute to the overall development of the world, he said.
He pledged to continueincreasing information about the Vietnamese country, its people and potentialto draw investors from Japan and the world.
During talks with PresidentMitzutani in the morning the same day, VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang hailedKyodo News for partnering with the VNA to hold a photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties. She hoped that photos on display willcontribute to lifting Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership to agreater height.
She told the guest that the VNAnow has more than 2,000 employees, including over 1,000 reporters and editors,providing more than 60 information products in 10 languages and various forms.
According to her, the VNA is promoting digital transformation in news production and disseminationprocesses. As the public tend to turn to social media instead oftraditional media for information, the news agency remains steadfast in maintaining thecore values of journalism, which are objectivity, accuracy and timeliness. Atthe same time, it continues striving for professionalism in its operations tomeet the evolving demands of the audience.
Mizutanidescribed the VNA as the most long-standing and closest partner of Kyodo News.
Both sidesdiscussed the outcomes of bilateral coordination and proposed cooperationcontents in the new period.
On theoccasion, leaders of the two news agencies signed a professional cooperationagreement.
Accordingly, the VNA will provide Kyodo News with free accessto news in Vietnamese and English, and photo captions in English. Meanwhile, Kyodo News willalso supply news in Japanese and English, English captions for photos to the VNAfor free, in service of disseminating news for foreign service of each side.
They will continue assistingtheir respective correspondents and representative offices in Hanoi and Tokyo, creating favourableconditions for journalists to objectively and fully cover the domesticsituation, bilateral relations, important global and regional events in eachcountry.
Both sides will facilitate visits by theirleaders annually to share experience in strengthening media cooperation and enhancingtheir role as a key news agency in their country in providing information for the press systems.
They also agreed to offermutual support at multilateral forums such as the Organisation of Asia-PacificNews Agencies (OANA) of which both are members./.
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