Lai Chau Newspaper Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Establishment and Publishes First Issue

Before the ceremony, delegates offered flowers to Uncle Ho's statue with the ethnic people of Lai Chau.

Attending the flower offering ceremony were comrade Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Vu Manh Ha - Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Duc Duc - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and delegates attending the ceremony.

In front of the statue of Uncle Ho and the ethnic people of Lai Chau, the delegates offered flowers, reported and expressed their infinite gratitude for the great contributions that Uncle Ho had made to the Vietnamese people. In front of the spirit of President Ho Chi Minh, the staff and workers of Lai Chau Newspaper vowed to inherit and promote the glorious tradition of the past 60 years, continue to promote "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style", strengthen the protection of the Party's ideological foundation, and fight against wrong and hostile views in the new situation. Build a team of journalists who are "both red and professional", "with bright eyes, pure hearts, and sharp pens" worthy of being the vanguard soldiers on the ideological and cultural front of the Party. Contribute to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks set out in the Resolution of the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term, determined to realize the aspiration of building Lai Chau homeland to develop rapidly and sustainably, and together with the people of the whole country to build a Vietnam that is "more and more dignified and beautiful" as beloved Uncle Ho always wished.

Attending the ceremony on the Central side were comrade Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association and the working delegation of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

On the side of Lai Chau province, there were comrades: Vu Manh Ha - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, leaders of the People's Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, departments, branches, unions, armed forces of the province; districts, cities, units, enterprises; leaders of central and local press agencies; cadres and reporters of Lai Chau Newspaper through the periods...

The speech by comrade Nguyen Viet Manh - Party Cell Secretary, Editor-in-Chief of Lai Chau Newspaper, Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association reviewed the glorious 60-year tradition of Lai Chau Newspaper. Accordingly: Exactly 60 years ago, on April 16, 1964, the Standing Committee of Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee decided to establish Lai Chau Newspaper and published the first issue on May 1, 1964. Lai Chau Newspaper was published once a week, 4 pages, small size, with a circulation of 200-300 copies/issue. In 1994, to be associated with the historical place name Dien Bien Phu, the "Lai Chau Newspaper" was renamed "Dien Bien Phu Newspaper", published twice a week, with 4 printed pages. In November 1997, the "Dien Bien Phu Newspaper" for ethnic minorities in the highlands published its first issue to introduce to readers, published once a month.

Pursuant to Resolution No. 22/2003/QH11, dated November 26, 2003 of the National Assembly on the separation and adjustment of administrative boundaries of a number of provinces; Lai Chau province was divided into 2 provinces: Lai Chau and Dien Bien. Accordingly, Lai Chau Newspaper was also re-established and put into operation from January 1, 2004 under the name "Lai Chau Newspaper". Lai Chau Newspaper has so far published 4 issues/week, 4,000 copies/issue; Weekend Newspaper 2,000 copies/issue; Lai Chau Newspaper for ethnic minorities in the highlands 3 issues/month, 4,400 copies/issue.

In 2010, Lai Chau Electronic Newspaper went into operation with a modern, smart, and convenient interface to introduce and promote the image of people, nature, culture, potential, and development advantages of Lai Chau. In particular, the birth of the internet TV section published regularly every day has received a warm welcome and high appreciation from the public. The products are designed in the form of E-Magazine; infographic; the combination of written content, images, videos, clips, etc. in a press product has contributed to diversifying the multimedia products of Lai Chau Newspaper.

In newspaper publications, specialized pages and columns are maintained in an increasingly diverse manner, with many high-quality columns, which have a propaganda effect and have a great influence on social life. Through specialized pages and columns, they have contributed to conveying the viewpoints, policies, and guidelines of the Party, and the State's legal policies to the people of all ethnic groups in the province. Propagating and educating traditions, ethics and lifestyles, fighting against false and hostile information, preventing social evils; encouraging and motivating people of all walks of life to compete in labor production and economic development. Lai Chau Newspaper is always an important information channel, holding a place in the hearts of readers and is spiritual food in the lives of the people of all ethnic groups in the province. At the same time, it is a reliable address, a bridge for kind-hearted people, philanthropists doing charity and humanitarian work.

In addition, Lai Chau Newspaper has also won many high awards in competitions from the Central Government, ministries, departments, branches and the province. In recognition of its achievements, Lai Chau Newspaper is honored to receive noble awards from the Party, State, Government, Ministries, Departments, Branches and Lai Chau province.

Presenting flowers and speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Le Quoc Minh - Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper acknowledged, congratulated and highly appreciated the important achievements and contributions of Lai Chau Newspaper in the past time, contributing positively to the overall development of the Party newspaper system nationwide. At the same time, he emphasized: Lai Chau Newspaper continues to innovate in the strong development trend of the 4.0 technology revolution, artificial intelligence, digital transformation; improve the quality of works, forms of publications, develop in a modern, professional direction, convey information quickly, accurately, attract readers, meet the requirements of the task...

Comrade Le Quoc Minh believes that with the support of the provincial leaders, the enthusiasm of the cadres, civil servants and workers of Lai Chau Newspaper will create new things in the press activities of the whole country in general and Lai Chau province in particular. Nhan Dan Newspaper will continue to accompany Lai Chau Newspaper in terms of equipment and professional training. In the coming time, Lai Chau Newspaper needs to have a propaganda and emulation program towards Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day June 21...

Presenting a flower basket from the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Vu Manh Ha - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee congratulated, acknowledged, and praised the achievements of Lai Chau Newspaper over the past 60 years. At the same time, he requested cadres, reporters, and employees of Lai Chau Newspaper to: actively and widely propagate the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, socio-economic development achievements, political events; promote the image of Lai Chau, introduce the province's potential, strengths, and investment attraction policies to domestic and foreign readers; strictly implement the Party and State's regulations on press work and press activities; build Lai Chau Newspaper to develop in the direction of a multimedia, multi-platform, multi-service media agency, a converged newsroom model; improve the quality of cadres, reporters, and political training associated with professional training, etc.

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Khoang Van Thanh, former Editor-in-Chief of Lai Chau Newspaper, shared his profound memories during his career as a journalist and words of encouragement for the current generation of journalists. Representing the young generation of journalists, Comrade Vu Thi Hien, Secretary of the Lai Chau Newspaper Youth Union, promised to promote the achievements of previous generations of journalists and always be the core in patriotic emulation movements and pioneer in the activities of the Editorial Board.

On this occasion, the Provincial Party Executive Committee presented a banner to Lai Chau Newspaper with the words "Revolutionary - Creative - Modern - Development". The Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 2 groups and 10 individuals; The Editor-in-Chief of Lai Chau Newspaper awarded Certificates of Merit to 3 groups and 21 individuals with achievements in the emulation campaign to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Lai Chau Newspaper's founding (April 16, 1964 - April 16, 2024) and the publication of the first issue (May 1, 1964 - May 1, 2024).