Vice President receives Emirates News Agency Director-General in Abu Dhabi

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan received Director-General of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi on May 4 as part of her working trip to the UAE to attend the 2023 Global Summit of Women and some bilateral activities.
Vice President receives Emirates News Agency Director-General in Abu Dhabi ảnh 1Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan (R) receives Director-General of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi. (Photo: VNA)
Abu Dhabi (VNA) – Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan received Director-Generalof the Emirates News Agency (WAM) Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi on May 4 as part of herworking trip to the UAE to attend the 2023 Global Summit of Women and somebilateral activities.

Speaking highly of the position and reputation of WAM - oneof the leading news agencies in the Middle East, Xuan hailed the fresh signingof a professional cooperation agreement between WAM and the Vietnam News Agency(VNA), which, she said, is an important milestone in the cooperation betweenthe two news agencies, especially on the occasion of Vietnam and the UAEcelebrating the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic ties(August 1, 1993 - 2023).

Xuan expressed her belief that together with the signing ofthe agreement, the cooperation and information exchange between the two newsagencies will be further promoted in various forms, thus contributing to promotingimages of the two countries and two regions, and improving mutual understandingbetween the two peoples.

She said she hopes that on the basis of the signed agreement,the two agencies will soon build and implement specific programmes and plans toachieve substantive cooperation results in the coming time in the field ofinformation and communications, such as exchanging delegations of reporters and sharingexperience in publishing and translation.

Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi pledged to work together with VNA toeffectively implement cooperation activities, contributing to strengthening thefriendship and understanding between the two peoples, and promoting themultifaceted collaboration between the UAE and Vietnam.       

Vice President receives Emirates News Agency Director-General in Abu Dhabi ảnh 2VNA Deputy Director General Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung and WAM Director-General Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi sign a professional cooperation agreement between the two agencies. (Photo: VNA)
On the same day, VNA Deputy Director General Doan Thi TuyetNhung and the WAM Director-General signed the professional cooperationagreement between the two agencies.

Under the document, the two news agencies will cooperate incomprehensive information exchange amid the strong developments of the world media. The agreement will help promote thespread of information about cooperation between the two countries, and providingtheir people and businesses with information about the potential, strengths andcultural and social characteristics of each country, thereby contributing to developing the two countries' relationship, as well as to spreading information about the Southeast Asian nation to the Middle East.

In April 2019, within the framework of the 44th Meeting ofthe Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) Executive Board hosted byVNA, the two agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding on information cooperation./.
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