VNA General Director underlines directions to fulfil 2023 tasks
Hanoi (VNA) – Secretary of the Party
Committee and General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet Trang has
asked for upholding fundamental values, quickly grasping and adapting to
situation, and mastering modern technology to effectively fulfil the agency's goals set for 2023.
During two conferences reviewing 2022 Party
work and launching 2023 tasks held in Hanoi on January 6, General Director Trang urged
the sector to continue improving information quality and bring into play strength
of each unit and bureau at home and abroad, thus creating a collecting power of
a key national multimedia agency.
She requested creating new hi-tech and
user-friendly information products to better meet demand of Party and State
leaders as well as the public.
On top of that, digital transformation in
report coverage and press management should be a major trend of this year, she
said.
According to her, thanks to close coordination between reporters
and editors last year, the VNA published 46,000 news and articles about domestic
affairs, 96,000 others about international affairs, and 59,000 about external
affairs, 190,000 photos and 3,100 infographic news which recorded more visits on
websites than in 2021.
The VNA provided official, reliable, timely and rich information on
many platforms, notably the topics of economic recovery and development, the
implementation of the Resolution adopted by the 13th National Party
Congress, the fight against corruption and negative phenomena, SEA Games 31,
among others. It also took the lead in major information campaigns with
articles holding sharp commentary and winning national press awards.
In accordance with the Government’s Decree, the VNA’s Party Committee
and leaders rearranged the organisational apparatus to ensure streamlined, effective
and efficient operation and carried out a scheme to develop the VNA into a key
multimedia agency of the national media system, Trang said./.