Factcheckvn, a fact-checking channel launched by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on TikTok, was honoured as the community media channel of the year at TikTok Awards Vietnam 2020. (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Factcheckvn,a fact-checking channel launched by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on TikTok,was honoured as the community media channel of the year at TikTok AwardsVietnam 2020 ceremony held in HCM City on December 27 night.
TikTok Awards Vietnam, the first of itskind in the country, is to honour outstanding creators, trends and campaignsthat have contributed to spreading positive messages to the community.
The TikTok account Factcheckvn formspart of the VNA’s fake news project named “The fight against fake news –Creative ideas and Effective solutions” that also includes an anti-fake newssong in 15 languages and a training campaign for students.
In October, the project was named BestProject for News Literacy within the Asian Digital Media Awards 2020, organisedby the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
With creative and meaningful video clips,Factcheckvn has counted more than 66,000 followers shortly after its inception.
With creative and meaningful video clips, Factcheckvn has counted more than 66,000 followers shortly after its inception. (Photo: VNA) In his remarks at the awards ceremony, VNADeputy General Director Le Quoc Minh highlighted the significance of approachingthe target audience of TikTok, aged from 13 to around 20, who would be futurereaders of the official press.
“It is the mission of the VNA to providehonest and accurate information,” he stressed.
According to Minh, Factcheckvn is thefirst-ever fact-checking channel of the Vietnamese press circle through socialplatforms, which, he said, has received the strong response of youngsters. Thisfact shows young people are interested in information, especially in thecontext of rampant fake news.
Since 2019, VNA has implemented a seriesof creative initiatives. For example, an anti-fake-news rap song – acombination of rap and news information – was launched in April 2020. Thesong was first performed in Vietnamese and then translated into 14 otherlanguages including English, Spanish, Russian, Italian, German, Mandarin,Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao and Arabic.
The awards cover 11 categories, including the creator, campaign, music and artist of the year, among others (Photo: VNA) At the awards ceremony, VTV24 (@vtv24news)was named the information channel of the year for its outstanding developmentin 2020, as well as community contributions.
The awards cover 11 categories,including the creator, campaign, music and artist of the year, among others./.
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