At the working session (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency(VNA) has completed a project on developing a number of national print andelectronic newspapers serving external relations, said VNA General DirectorNguyen Duc Loi.
General Director Nguyen Duc Loi, who is also member of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) Central Committee, was speaking at a working session with theCentral Steering Committee for External Information Services in Hanoi onOctober 27, during which he said during its 72-year history, the agency hassuccessfully performed its role as the nation’s leading agency for foreign newsservices.
According to the master plan for the media system serving external relations to2020 with a vision towards 2030 approved by the Prime Minister last year, theVNA has been tasked with developing a number of national print newspapers andmagazines and e-newspapers.
Theproject aims to turn print versions of Vietnam News and Vietnam Pictorial, ande-newspaper VietnamPlus into national ones that have regional and globalimpacts and fulfill the task of providing foreign news services in line withguidelines and policies of the Party and State, the VNA leader said.
During the first phase of the project, to last until 2020, the three units willincrease in-depth information, boost the application of technologies, and use modernmedia methods, while expanding their publications.
Meanwhile, in the second phase, from 2020 to 2030, they are expected to launchmore languages, create information products for each group of readers, expandinternational cooperation and update technological applications in news production.
Addressing the event, Pham Van Linh, deputyhead of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Information andEducation and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for ExternalInformation Services, showed his support for the VNA’s project.
He underlined the need for the VNA and its units to revamp their organisationin order to improve the efficiency of foreign news services.
At the same time, the agency should heed training its officials and reportersto meet requirements of foreign news services in the new period, along withintensifying coordination with competent agencies to create competitive,effective products that have impacts both regionally and globally, Linhsaid.-VNA
General Director Nguyen Duc Loi, who is also member of the Communist Party ofVietnam (CPV) Central Committee, was speaking at a working session with theCentral Steering Committee for External Information Services in Hanoi onOctober 27, during which he said during its 72-year history, the agency hassuccessfully performed its role as the nation’s leading agency for foreign newsservices.
According to the master plan for the media system serving external relations to2020 with a vision towards 2030 approved by the Prime Minister last year, theVNA has been tasked with developing a number of national print newspapers andmagazines and e-newspapers.
Theproject aims to turn print versions of Vietnam News and Vietnam Pictorial, ande-newspaper VietnamPlus into national ones that have regional and globalimpacts and fulfill the task of providing foreign news services in line withguidelines and policies of the Party and State, the VNA leader said.
During the first phase of the project, to last until 2020, the three units willincrease in-depth information, boost the application of technologies, and use modernmedia methods, while expanding their publications.
Meanwhile, in the second phase, from 2020 to 2030, they are expected to launchmore languages, create information products for each group of readers, expandinternational cooperation and update technological applications in news production.
Addressing the event, Pham Van Linh, deputyhead of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Information andEducation and deputy head of the Central Steering Committee for ExternalInformation Services, showed his support for the VNA’s project.
He underlined the need for the VNA and its units to revamp their organisationin order to improve the efficiency of foreign news services.
At the same time, the agency should heed training its officials and reportersto meet requirements of foreign news services in the new period, along withintensifying coordination with competent agencies to create competitive,effective products that have impacts both regionally and globally, Linhsaid.-VNA
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