31 Northern provinces and cities attend training course on foreign information work

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of November 4, the Central Propaganda Department coordinated with the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Central Steering Committee on External Information Work to organize the second training conference on external information work and implementation of the Decree on management of external information activities in Hanoi.

Comrade Pham Van Linh - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee for External Information Affairs and Comrade Truong Minh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, member of the Steering Committee for External Information Affairs co-chaired the Conference. Also attending were more than 450 delegates, including specialized officials, reporters, and press editors from 31 northern provinces and cities.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee led the delegation of Nghe An province to attend the Conference.

Training Conference Scene.

In his opening speech at the Conference, Comrade Pham Van Linh stated that foreign information is an important part of the ideological propaganda work of the Party and State; and has been closely directed and directed by all levels and sectors from the Central to the local level. Besides the remarkable achievements, there are still many limitations that need to be analyzed, the causes identified and ways to overcome them in the coming time to ensure the effectiveness of foreign information work, contributing to socio-political stability, serving the task of protecting and developing the country.

Comrade Pham Van Linh - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Permanent Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Work gave a speech directing the Conference.

He also emphasized that in the current context of the world with many complicated developments, the domestic situation, in addition to basic advantages, still has intertwined difficulties and challenges, international integration is increasingly deep in all fields, units carrying out foreign information work need to seriously innovate, strengthen and improve operational efficiency to successfully complete the tasks assigned by the Party and State.

During the training conference, delegates were provided with information on the following contents: assessment of 5 years of implementing state management of foreign information of 63 provinces and centrally-run cities (2010-2015) and tasks of foreign information work in the coming time; dissemination and implementation of Decree 72/2015/ND-CP of the Government on management of foreign information activities; Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and Vietnam's participation; international situation and foreign affairs activities of the Party and State, etc.

Comrade Le Van Nghiem - Director of the Department of Foreign Information, Ministry of Information and Communications presented a report on 5 years of implementing state management of foreign information.

Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh and delegates attending the Conference.

This is an opportunity for specialized cadres, reporters and press editors of provinces and cities to update and improve their knowledge, and at the same time share and supplement practical experiences to meet the requirements of foreign information tasks in the new situation.

Previously, on October 21-22, 2015, the first training conference on foreign information work and implementation of the Decree on management of foreign information activities took place in Ho Chi Minh City with the participation of representatives from 32 southern provinces and cities.

Thu Giang