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Vietnam News Agency re-elected to OANA Executive Board for 2022 - 2025

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) was re-elected to the Executive Board of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) for 2022 - 2025 on the last working day of the 18th OANA General Assembly in Tehran of Iran on October 25.
Vietnam News Agency re-elected to OANA Executive Board for 2022 - 2025 ảnh 1General Director Vu Viet Trang (R) leads the VNA delegation to the 18th OANA General Assembly in Tehran, Iran. (Photo: VNA)
Tehran (VNA) - The Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) was re-elected to the Executive Board of the Organisation ofAsia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) for 2022 - 2025 on thelast working day of the 18th OANA General Assembly in Tehran of Iran on October25.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) of Iranwas elected OANA President for this tenure. Meanwhile, the Republic of Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, the Russian News Agency TASS, the AZERTAC News Agency ofAzerbaijian, the Xinhua News Agency of China, and the AnadoluAgency of Turkey are Vice Presidents.

OANA members approved the minutes of the 49thmeeting of the OANA Executive Board, the revised OANA Statutes, and theproposal of choosing TASS as host of the 19th OANA General Assemblyin 2025.

Concluding the event, they adopted the Tehran Declaration,which stresses creative solutions carried out by news agencies during and afterthe pandemic and shows their commitment to strengthening cooperation to fightfake news and promote the public trust in mainstream news.

The General Assembly on October 24 - 25 saw the presence of over 50 delegates from member news agencies.

Participants assessed challenges facing the global media amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the fast-changing trend in information access, fake news, falling revenue from media services, and the adaptability of human resources and technical infrastructure.

They also shared experience in establishing suitable operation models, maximising the strength and advantages of each news agency, and enhancing cooperation with domestic and foreign media agencies to share burdens, overcome common difficulties, and together open up a new chapter for media cooperation.

Vietnam News Agency re-elected to OANA Executive Board for 2022 - 2025 ảnh 2Participants in the 18th OANA General Assembly pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA)
After the 18th General Assembly’s closing session,the OANA Executive Board convened the 50th meeting under the chairof the new OANA President and IRNA Managing Director, Ali Naderi.

The board members elected Mansour Falsafi from IRNA as OANASecretary General for 2022 - 2025 and agreed to hold the 51st meeting of the OANA Executive Board in Turkey at the request of the Anadolu Agency.

During her stay in Iran to attend the 18th GeneralAssembly, VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang had meetings with TASS DirectorGeneral Sergei Mikhailov and Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) KirilAleksandrov Valchev to discuss cooperation plans.

She also met Vietnamese Ambassador to Iran Luong Quoc Huy, during which they discussed the two countries’ relations and cooperation between the VNA andIRNA./.
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