National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung has urged the Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) staff to exert efforts to raise the agency’s position andprestige in the region and the world, deserving the trust of the Partyand State and the favour of the people.
The NA leader made the requirement while visiting the VNA on September 14, for the occasion of its 66 th anniversary.
Chairman Hung affirmed that since VNA transmitted its first worldbulletin in Vietnamese, English and French that featured the historicDeclaration of Independence to establish the Democratic Republic ofVietnam on September 15, 1945, the agency has always marched with thenation through all important revolutionary periods.
During that great journey, together with journalists nationwide,generations of VNA reporters, editors and technical workers have raisedhigh the spirit of courage, braving sacrifice and hardship to makeworthy contributions to the common cause of the nation, he said, addingthat many VNA journalists have laid down their lives for the nationalindependence and freedom.
The NA Chairmanexpressed joy at achievements made by the VNA over the past 66 years,saying that VNA’s information has become more extensive, diversified andplentiful, effectively serving the renewal and integration cause of thecountry.
With a network of bureaus in all 63cities and provinces nationwide and 27 others in foreign countries and astrong contingent of over 2,200 cadres and reporters, producing 40types of information products, the VNA has actively contributed tointroducing the country’s images and current events to internationalfriends, he said.
Chairman Hung also spoke highlyof the quality and content of VNA Television (Vnews) after one year ofoperation, saying that the channel has provided updated, concise,correct and comprehensive information on all aspects of life.
VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong affirmed that VNA staff, reportersand editors are determined to build on their achievements and exertefforts to fulfil all tasks and functions entrusted by the Party andState, continuing to build the VNA into a powerful nationalcommunications group and a reliable strategic information provider ofthe Party and State which actively contributes to national constructionand development in the new period./.
The NA leader made the requirement while visiting the VNA on September 14, for the occasion of its 66 th anniversary.
Chairman Hung affirmed that since VNA transmitted its first worldbulletin in Vietnamese, English and French that featured the historicDeclaration of Independence to establish the Democratic Republic ofVietnam on September 15, 1945, the agency has always marched with thenation through all important revolutionary periods.
During that great journey, together with journalists nationwide,generations of VNA reporters, editors and technical workers have raisedhigh the spirit of courage, braving sacrifice and hardship to makeworthy contributions to the common cause of the nation, he said, addingthat many VNA journalists have laid down their lives for the nationalindependence and freedom.
The NA Chairmanexpressed joy at achievements made by the VNA over the past 66 years,saying that VNA’s information has become more extensive, diversified andplentiful, effectively serving the renewal and integration cause of thecountry.
With a network of bureaus in all 63cities and provinces nationwide and 27 others in foreign countries and astrong contingent of over 2,200 cadres and reporters, producing 40types of information products, the VNA has actively contributed tointroducing the country’s images and current events to internationalfriends, he said.
Chairman Hung also spoke highlyof the quality and content of VNA Television (Vnews) after one year ofoperation, saying that the channel has provided updated, concise,correct and comprehensive information on all aspects of life.
VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong affirmed that VNA staff, reportersand editors are determined to build on their achievements and exertefforts to fulfil all tasks and functions entrusted by the Party andState, continuing to build the VNA into a powerful nationalcommunications group and a reliable strategic information provider ofthe Party and State which actively contributes to national constructionand development in the new period./.
