Vietnam News Agency signs information cooperation with Ninh Thuan

Vietnam News Agency signs information cooperation with Ninh Thuan province

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) signed an agreement on information cooperation with the People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan in the central coastal province on July 17.
Vietnam News Agency signs information cooperation with Ninh Thuan province ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Ninh Thuan (VNA)
– The Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) signed an agreement on information cooperation with the People’sCommittee of Ninh Thuan in the central coastal province on July 17.

Member of the Party Central Committee Nguyen DucLoi, Director General of the VNA, and Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Luu Xuan Vinh attended the signing ceremony in Phan Rang – Thap Chamcity.

The two sides agreed to boost cooperation inpromptly providing full and accurate information on the local economic,political, cultural, social and diplomatic activities as well as importantevents of the province for press agencies and people at home and abroad.

Vietnam News Agency will focus on promoting theeconomic potential, business and investment opportunities in the fields oflocal strengths such as renewable energy, tourism, marine economy, high-techagriculture, and culture through publications, news on printed and electronicnewspapers, and TV channel in Vietnamese and many foreign languages.

At the same time, the VNA will refute in atimely manner wrongful information negatively affecting Ninh Thuan province,thus contributing to the maintenance of local stability and development.

Ninh Thuan authorities pledged to create thebest conditions for the VNA office in the province to perform its function asthe State-run news agency.

VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi said overthe past 75 years of establishment and development, the VNA is now a strongcommunication group in Southeast Asia, with representative offices in all the 63cities and provinces nationwide and 30 overseas bureaus across the fivecontinents.

The State-run agency is making 60 mediaproducts, including news serving the administration, direction andpolicy-making for senior leaders of the Party and State as well as providinginformation for all media and press agencies at home, and cooperating with 40major press agencies in the world, he said.

As a strategic information provider of the Partyand State, the VNA is quickly providing accurate, objective and reliableinformation to both domestic and foreign press agencies along with importantpublications such as reference information and special references forprovincial relevant authorities, he added.

The Director General hoped the Ninh ThuanPeople’s Committee and relevant agencies to proactively provide officialinformation for the VNA and enable its reporters to work in the area accordingto legal regulations.

Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeLuu Xuan Vinh briefed his guest of the local economic, political, cultural andsocial situation.

He hoped the VNA will continue strengtheningcooperation and supporting the province in covering important issues that impactsthe local political stability and security, social order, economic development,culture, and society.

He said the People’s Committee will directrelevant agencies to closely work with the VNA to boost information and communicationcooperation, especially promoting the local socio-economic developmentpotential to people nationwide, investors and tourists at home and abroad.-VNA
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