Scene at the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Committee of the capital city Hanoisigned with the State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) a collaboration agreementfor 2017-2021 on June 13, building on the fruitful outcomes of their agreementfor 2012-2016.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung highlightedthe role of the press as an information bridge between the capital city andother localities in the country as well as the international community.
He thanked the VNA and other centrally-run press agencies for their fullcoverage in all media forms of the situation in the capital city, and pledgedthat the city administration will provide full and accurate information to thepress.
VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi appreciated the municipaladministration’s assistance to reporters of the VNA in their work.
He said the timely provision of information of the administration forofficial press agencies is important in providing the public with accuratereports, preventing groundless and distorted rumours from spreading.
The State-owned VNA is a major news agency in Southeast Asiawith more than 1,300 reporters and editors, and a network of representativeoffices in all 63 cities and provinces of Vietnam and 30 in foreign countries. Besidesthe five main editorial departments, it runs a TV channel - the V-News -, an onlinenewspaper – VietnamPlus in five languages -, and various publications.
Under the cooperation agreement with Hanoi for 2012-2016,VNA published more than 24,000 news stories about the capital city in variousmedia forms and in various languages, covering the latest developments acrossthe fields in the city.-VNA
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