The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and thePublic Relations Department of Thailand (PRD) on August 6 agreed totighten their relations after a decade of professional cooperationbetween the two sides.
The agreement was achievedat the 10th Joint Technical Committee Meeting (JTC) in the capital ofThailand co-chaired by VNA's Deputy Director General Le Duy Truyenand PRD Deputy Director General Ampawan Charoenkul.
The two sides reviewed the results of the implementation of theirMemorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Information and NewsExchange and discussed measures to improve their cooperation in the newsituation, especially while Vietnam and Thailand are preparingto lift their ties to a strategic partnership.
Overthe past year, VNA sent 350 English news items to PRD, which mainlycovered Vietnam's political and socio-economic issues. On its part,VNA receiced around 620 news items from PRD. The two sides alsoexchanged video news with two items from each side on a daily basis.
The cooperation between VNA and PRD has beenunceasingly developed over the past decade in line with the finerelationship between Vietnam and Thailand as well as with thedevelopment of modern media, VNA Deputy Director General Truyen said.
On her part, the PRD Deputy Director General said theexisting cooperation and new commitments reached at this meeting willfurther boost the relations between PRD and VNA, helping both agenciesfulfil their task of promoting mutual understanding between the twocountries’ people.
VNA and PRD signed an MoU oncooperation in information and news exchange on August 24, 2003. Sincethen, high-level officials from both sides have maintained annualmeetings to review the implementation of the MoU and explore newpossibilities to expand their cooperation.
Thecomprehensive cooperation between the two agencies covers a wide rangeof activities from exchanging high-level delegations, news teams, textinformation, media content through the Internet, video clips andfootages, to training and sharing professional experiences. Thecooperation has also contributed to improving the friendship andunderstanding between people of the two countries.-VNA
The agreement was achievedat the 10th Joint Technical Committee Meeting (JTC) in the capital ofThailand co-chaired by VNA's Deputy Director General Le Duy Truyenand PRD Deputy Director General Ampawan Charoenkul.
The two sides reviewed the results of the implementation of theirMemorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Information and NewsExchange and discussed measures to improve their cooperation in the newsituation, especially while Vietnam and Thailand are preparingto lift their ties to a strategic partnership.
Overthe past year, VNA sent 350 English news items to PRD, which mainlycovered Vietnam's political and socio-economic issues. On its part,VNA receiced around 620 news items from PRD. The two sides alsoexchanged video news with two items from each side on a daily basis.
The cooperation between VNA and PRD has beenunceasingly developed over the past decade in line with the finerelationship between Vietnam and Thailand as well as with thedevelopment of modern media, VNA Deputy Director General Truyen said.
On her part, the PRD Deputy Director General said theexisting cooperation and new commitments reached at this meeting willfurther boost the relations between PRD and VNA, helping both agenciesfulfil their task of promoting mutual understanding between the twocountries’ people.
VNA and PRD signed an MoU oncooperation in information and news exchange on August 24, 2003. Sincethen, high-level officials from both sides have maintained annualmeetings to review the implementation of the MoU and explore newpossibilities to expand their cooperation.
Thecomprehensive cooperation between the two agencies covers a wide rangeof activities from exchanging high-level delegations, news teams, textinformation, media content through the Internet, video clips andfootages, to training and sharing professional experiences. Thecooperation has also contributed to improving the friendship andunderstanding between people of the two countries.-VNA
