The Provincial Party Standing Committee approved the project to rearrange Nghe An press agencies by 2025.

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee; leaders of the Provincial People's Committee, Department of Information and Communications. Photo: Nhat Le

Nghe An has 7 press agencies licensed by the Ministry of Information and Communications. Of these, 3 press agencies are subject to being retained and not reorganized: Nghe An Newspaper (the governing body is Nghe An Provincial Party Committee); Nghe An Radio and Television Station (the governing body is Nghe An Provincial People's Committee) and Song Lam Magazine (the governing body is the Vietnam Literature and Arts Association).

For the above 3 agencies, develop an Operation Project in accordance with the provisions of the 2016 Press Law and Decision No. 362/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, in conjunction with receiving personnel from press agencies that must be reorganized when there is a merger decision by a competent authority. Develop a roadmap for financial autonomy according to the direction and guidance of the Central and provincial governments.

Comrade Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Agencies Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Nhat Le

Nghe An has 4 press agencies that need to be reorganized. Of which, Nghe An Public Security Newspaper (the governing body is Nghe An Public Security) is implementing according to Point c, Clause III, Article 1 of Decision No. 362/QD-TTg dated April 3, 2019 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Press Development and Management Plan until 2025. Specifically, "The Ministry of Public Security will complete the arrangement of newspapers of the Public Security of 5 provinces and centrally-run cities into publications of the People's Public Security Newspaper in 2020".

The remaining three press agencies subject to reorganization are: Nghe An Labor Newspaper (the governing body is the Nghe An Provincial Labor Federation); Nghe An Culture Magazine (the governing body is the Department of Culture and Sports); Nghe An Science and Technology Magazine (the governing body is the Department of Science and Technology).

In which, Nghe An Science and Technology Magazine and Nghe An Labor Newspaper were dissolved. Nghe An Culture Magazine was dissolved and merged into Song Lam Magazine to continue its journalistic activities.

The project has also developed a plan for personnel and post-reorganization activities; handling finances and assets of the above agencies. According to the roadmap, for Nghe An Public Security Newspaper, the Provincial Public Security Department will report to the Ministry of Public Security to implement the arrangement in 2020. For the remaining press agencies, the arrangement must be completed before September 30, 2020.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy delivered a concluding speech on the Project to reorganize provincial press agencies by 2025. Photo: Nhat Le

At the meeting, after discussion, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee unanimously approved the Project to reorganize press agencies of Nghe An province until 2025.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy requested the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee to direct the implementation of the Project to ensure completion in September 2020.

The Provincial Party Secretary assigned the state management agencies of the press and media of the province to perform well the work of monitoring, inspecting, urging, and grasping the situation, thoughts, and aspirations so that the following agencies can soon arrange to stabilize, develop, and perform well the propaganda tasks of the industry and the province.

Comrade Bui Thanh An - Member of the Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission presented the work of building a Summary Report on inspection, supervision and Party discipline enforcement in the 2015 - 2020 term. Photo: Nhat Le

At the meeting, the Provincial Party Standing Committee listened to and commented on the Report summarizing the work of inspection, supervision and Party discipline enforcement in the 2015-2020 term; summarizing the implementation of Regulation No. 30-QD/TW and developing Regulations on inspection, supervision and Party discipline in Chapter VII and Chapter VIII of the Party Charter, term XIII.