VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi (R) worked with OANA President Aslan Aslanov while attending the 43rd Executive Board Meeting of OANA in 2018 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) is one of the most active members in modernising the website of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), and is an example to other agencies, according to President of the organization Aslan Aslanov. He made the remarks in a recent interview with VNA reporters on the occasion of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of OANA, which will be hosted by the VNA in Hanoi on April 18-20, under the theme “For a professional and innovative journalism”. The following is the full text of the interview. Reporter: We all know that innovation in the press is constant, and each news agency needs to keep up with modern trends and improve product quality. However, these efforts should not be made by only member news agencies. What measures should OANA take to support the … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency – an example in modernisation of OANA’s website
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Lao Cai province, Vietnam News Agency sign media cooperation agreement
At the signing ceremony (Source: VNA) Lao Cai (VNA) – The People’s Committee of the northern border province of Lao Cai and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on March 1 signed a media cooperation agreement for the 2019-2020 period. The agreement aims to raise public awareness of the Party policies and guidelines as well as the State laws; popularise Lao Cai and its people, achievements in socio-economic development and Party building; strengthen local political system; ensure national defence-security; and introduce local strengths to domestic and foreign investors. Accordingly, the VNA will feature Lao Cai’s strengths in socio-economic development, especially border economy, tourism, high-tech agriculture, its role in Kunming – Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong – Quang Ninh economic corridor, as well as effective business models, thus strengthening public trust to ensure stable development. In particular, the VNA will also popularise … [Read more...] about Lao Cai province, Vietnam News Agency sign media cooperation agreement
Vietnam News Agency actively promotes HCM City
Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (third from left) congratulates officials and reporters of the Vietnam News Agency's southern representative office on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has actively promoted the dissemination of policies and programmes of Ho Chi Minh City to local residents over the past time, helping the city maintain its position as the southern economic hub of the country in all aspects. Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan made the commendation while visiting officials and reporters of the VNA’s southern representative office on June 19 on the occasion of the 93rd anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925). The agency is a channel for local authorities to get them updated of the multi-dimensional information about the local lives, he said. VNA is one of the most … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency actively promotes HCM City
Vietnam re-affirms resolve to fight IUU fishing at Seafood Expo Global
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, VASEP and the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium hold a press conference at the Seafood Expo Global on April 25 to update on Vietnam's efforts to fight IUU fishing (Photo: VNA) Brussels (VNA) – Vietnam’s resolve to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been reiterated by the country’s representatives at a press conference on April 25 at the Seafood Expo Global in Brussels, Belgium. The April 25 event aimed to update the press and European seafood importers on measures Vietnam is taking to combat IUU fishing, a problem on which the European Commission (EC) issued a yellow card warning to Vietnam last September. Nguyen Thi Trang Nhung, Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and International Cooperation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said Vietnam has obtained positive outcomes in the issue. The most important outcome is the Law on … [Read more...] about Vietnam re-affirms resolve to fight IUU fishing at Seafood Expo Global
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)