The Vietnam News Agency needed to continue with renewal and remain a trustworthy, strategic information centre for the State and Government, permanent member of the Party Central Committees Secretariat and Politburo member Truong Tan Sang said yesterday. The agency had served as the channel for Party information and provided fast and accurate reports about its policies, he said. The Politburo member, who spoke with VNA executives at the agencys headquarters in Ha Noi Street, praised its implementation of Central Committee Resolution No 5 dealing with ideology, theory and journalism in the new period. The agency had also fulfilled its responsibility to provide foreign news and improve journalism within the context of information technologys rapid development, he said. But Sang emphasised the importance of further innovation as the agency responded to the challenges of global integration, especially the harsh competition for information in the country and the world. The agency needed to … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency urged to continue with renewal
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Vietnam News Agency partners with telecom group
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) signed a cooperation agreement on June 24, in a move to create a strategic partnership for mutual development. Under the terms of the agreement, VNPT will supply high-quality, reasonably priced telecom services and information technology to upgrade VNA’s technical infrastructure. VNPT will also help VNA deliver news briefs to mobile phone users through VNPT’s subsidiary companies, Mobifone and VinaPhone. In return, VNA will promote and advertise VNPT’s brand name and services through its media channels. … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency partners with telecom group
Vietnam News Agency chief reflects on 70 years of growth
General Director Nguyen Duc Loi reflects on the path of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the official State news provider, since its establishment 70 years ago. On September 15, 2015, the VNA turns 70, marking a constant growth in stature of a national media agency named by late President Ho Chi Minh. Thanks to the tireless dedication and high sense of responsibility borne by generations of VNA staff, flows of mainstream news have not been interrupted in all those years. Less than two weeks after President Ho Chi Minh delivered the Declaration of Independence declaring the birth of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam, on September 15, 1945, the VNA published to the world the full text of the document in Vietnamese, English and French. During the struggle for national independence, generations of VNA reporters and technicians went out to the battles, even to the fiercest fighting sites. More than 260 of them laid down their lives. When the country embarked on an era of … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency chief reflects on 70 years of growth
Vietnam News Agency celebrates 65th year
HA NOI — The Vietnam News Agency was bestowed with its second Ho Chi Minh Order at a ceremony to honour its founding 65 years ago at the Ha Noi Opera House yesterday. VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong, his deputies and predecessors were on stage to receive Viet Nam's second highest order on behalf of the agency from National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong. They stood among an abundance of flowers, including those from Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and President Nguyen Minh Triet, while an audience of VNA veterans warmly applauded. Pictures taken by numerous VNA photographers in war and peace were on display in the galleries at the entrance to the auditorium. VNA would have to lift its standards even higher in the age of globalisation with continuing development of information technology, Trong told the gathering. The various types of modern information services with their increasing transmission speeds posed both opportunities and challenges, he said. The … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency celebrates 65th year
Vietnam’s top remarkable events in 2005 (Selected by Vietnam News Agency)
The year of 2005 ended with numerous events and great national celebrations, such as the 60 th anniversary of August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 9), the 30 th anniversary of the Liberation of South Vietnam and National Reunification, etc. Despite tremendous difficulties and challenges, Vietnam 's economy recorded the ever-highest growth rate in the past five years and many external activities have been continually expanded. However, in 2005, Vietnam was hit by consecutive calamities that caused losses in human lives and property. Vietnam News Agency ed Vietnam 's top remarkable events in 2005. The parade at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, on the 60th anniversary of August Revolution and National Day (Sept. 2).1 Vietnam successfully organized such grand anniversaries as the Hung King's Death Anniversary, the 75th Founding Anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam; the 30th Anniversary of the South Liberation and National Reunification; the 115th Birthday of President Ho Chi Minh; … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top remarkable events in 2005 (Selected by Vietnam News Agency)