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Vietnam, Czech Republic to boost media cooperation

Vietnam and the Czech Republic agreed to share managerial skills in the media sector, including radio and television broadcasting, making it easier for their mass media outlets to work together.
Vietnam and the Czech Republic agreed to share managerial skills in themedia sector, including radio and television broadcasting, making iteasier for their mass media outlets to work together.

Theagreement was reached by Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Information andCommunications Truong Minh Tuan and the Czech Republic’s First DeputyMinister of Culture Katerina Kalistova in Prague on October 6.

Tuan gave his host an overview of Vietnam’s press development and itsplan to update the Law on Press to bring it in line with reality, addingthat Vietnam was keen to work on personnel training with the CzechRepublic via the exchange of reporters.

Vietnam would like tolearn about Czech television production, television copyrights and themanagement of advertising and foreign broadcasters in the CzechRepublic, he said.

In a working session with Mai Quoc Tuy,Director of Kenh Viet Company, on the same day, Tuan discussed thepossibility of running Vietnamese television channels aimed at theVietnamese community in the Czech Republic.

Tuan arrived atthe Vietnam News Agency bureau and the Sa Pa Trade Centre in Prague onOctober 8 and ended his visit to the capital city on October 9.-VNA
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