VNA General Director hosts KPF Director
Hanoi (VNA) – General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet
Trang hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 1 for Director of the Korea Press
Foundation Lee Hee-yong.
Trang said the VNA is a national news agency under
the management of the Government and the official news agency of the State. It provides multimedia services for the press system at home and abroad
in five languages, namely Vietnamese, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.
With 20 information units, four units assisting the General Director and four information service units, the VNA has 2,300 employees, including over 1,000 reporters and editors. Amid the digital
transformation, the VNA is now the biggest supplier of news in the country,
from source news in text, photo, audio, video, and infographic formats to daily, weekly
publications, magazines, pictorial newspaper, electronic newswire, and information on mobile
phones and social media. Print and electronic newspapers are published in 10
languages, namely Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russia,
English, French, and Spanish.
The VNA also has a professional social organisation
called VNA Journalists’ Association under the management of the Vietnam Journalists’
Association. With a 900-strong members, it has become one of those with the
largest membership.
As Vietnam and the Republic of Korea are celebrating the 30th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, Trang expressed her belief that the
visit will reinforce bilateral press cooperation, contributing to further strengthening
ties between the two countries.
Lee, for his part, said the KPF is a multidisciplinary foundation with many activities such as training
journalists, supporting journalism rights, protecting rights and interests of member
journalists, and helping journalists learn about international press and
culture, including Vietnam.
Members of the KPF delegation, mostly young journalists,
discussed professionalism in press activities, operations of the VNA
units, development trend of the VNA and Vietnamese press agencies amid digital
transformation.
Asked about how the VNA will work to maintain its role in the press
sector, Trang highlighted a need to focus on contents, professionalism and technology.
According to her, 48% of the staff in VNA are women and the rate
of female leaders in the agency is high.
On the
occasion, Trang presented a collection of Vietnam's heritage
photos taken by VNA photographers to the delegation./.