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VNA boosts information cooperation with ministries, localities

Enhancing information cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and ministries, sectors, and localities lay at the heart of a conference held in Hanoi on November 19.
Enhancing information cooperation between the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)and ministries, sectors, and localities lay at the heart of a conferenceheld in Hanoi on November 19.

Since 2008, theState-run agency has signed cooperation agreements with 40 ministries,sectors, localities and other press agencies.

General Director Nguyen Duc Loi said his agency was keen to see thesignatories proactively share official information with press agencies,including the VNA, to create an inflow of accurate and relevantinformation into the public domain and promote the image of the nationat home and abroad.

He noted that a shortage ofofficial sources enabled non-official information to dominate publicopinion, especially in today’s era of information technology and theboom of the internet.

He called upon ministries,sectors and localities to create favourable conditions for VNA reportersto access up-to-date information and expand their field of work, bothdomestically and internationally.

Boasting a networkof 63 bureaus throughout Vietnam and 30 overseas offices in 28 nationsand territories, the Vietnam News Agency publishes a number of mediaformats, including bulletins, online newspapers, pictorials andtelevision programmes, supplying information to domestic andinternational readers and viewers.

The agencydelivers news in a number of languages, including English, French,Chinese, Spanish, Lao and Khmer, the national language of Cambodia.

The monthly bilingual magazine Dan Toc va Mien Nui (Ethnicities andMountains), a publication designed specifically for ethnic minorityreaders, is currently published in Khmer, Bhana, Jrai, Ede, Cham, Mong,K’ho and M’nong languages in over 40 northern, Central Highlands andsouthwestern localities.-VNA
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