The agreement was inked on June 7 in Binh Duong by VNAGeneral Director Nguyen Duc Loi and Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Tran Thanh Liem.
The two sides agreed that from now to 2022, the two sides willexchange information and strengthen the introduction of VNA’s publications,aiming to popularise Binh Duong in all fields, including politics, economics, societyand culture.
Particularly, the two sides will coordinate in enhancingcommunications on outcomes of the implementation of resolutions of the PartyCentral Committee and the provincial Party Committee’s 10th congress, as wellas major achievements in the local socio-economic development, especiallybright spots in poverty reduction, industrial growth, high-tech agriculture, FDIattraction and social welfare.
Addressing the signing ceremony, VNA General Director NguyenDuc Loi said that through the partnership, the VNA will give a considerablespace in its publications to introduce to domestic and foreign audiences with BinhDuong’s image and strengths.
With its advantage as the national news agency, the VNA willrun official news and reject wrongful information, thus supporting themanagement and governance of Binh Duong.
Meanwhile, Tran Thanh Liem recognised the contribution of themedia, including the VNA, in Binh Duong’s development.
He expressed his belief that the agreement will contributeto bringing policies, image and development attainments of the province to a broadercommunity, especially the overseas Vietnamese and business community.
Binh Duong is now home to almost 26,600 domestic businesseswith a combined registered capital of 198 trillion VND (8.72 billion USD) and1,890 FDI enterprises with a total registered investment of 27.1 billion USD).
It recorded an annual average increase of 2.3 percent inthe number of visitors to the locality from 2011-2015.
The locality served 4.39 million holiday-makers in 2016, up4.5 percent against the previous year. It raked in 1.2 trillion VND (52.8million USD) from tourism activities, a year-on-year increase of 7 percent.
The Government-run VNA is the media agency with thelargest number of products and forms in Vietnam with more than 60 mediaproducts: bulletins, photos, dailies, weeklies, monthlies, magazines,pictorials, books, a TV channel, infographics, audio programmes, e-newspapers,and information programmes on mobile platforms and social networks. The agencyalso delivers news in the largest number of languages.
The VNA maintains bilateral and multilateral partnershipswith more than 40 international media organisations. It is a member of theOANA, the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP), and the ASEAN News Exchange(ANEX).-VNA