Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (third, right) presents the title of “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” to the Liberation Radio Station on September 7 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the title of “Heroof the People’s Armed Forces” to the Liberation Radio Station, in Hanoi onSeptember 7, on the occasion of the 73rd founding anniversary of Radio TheVoice of Vietnam (VOV) (September 7, 1945).
The title is to honour over 600 officials,reporters, editors, broadcasters, and technicians from the Liberation Radio Station,who have made significant contributions to the cause of national revolution.
It is also a tribute to 25 staff members of theradio who laid down their lives for the purpose of broadcasting news to people duringthe resistance war against the US.
As the country enters a new period ofdevelopment and international integration, mass media agencies need to workharder to create a social consensus and promote great national unity, the PMsaid.
He urged the VOV to promote its role as a pioneeringforce in Vietnam’s revolutionary press sector.
The station should increase the coverage ofexternal information and consider this as a regular and strategic task to itsdevelopment in the digital era.
After its establishment in 1961 in the Tay Bacrevolutionary base in Tay Ninh southern province, the Liberation Radio Stationstood side by side with the VOV, the Liberation News Agency (now the VietnamNews Agency), the Liberation Newspaper, as well as other press agencies and thewhole nation, in making historical triumphs – including the great victory ofspring 1975 that contributed to the liberation of the south and the nationalreunification.
The stationended its operation on August 31, 1976 after fulfilling its mission.
The same day, the VOV held an award ceremony forwinners in the categories of broadcasting, television, printed and electronicnewspaper, and research and innovation work. –VNA
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