The Politburo has approved the Plan for the Development of the Press.

According to Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan, on March 12, 2015, the Politburo approved the National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press until 2025, submitted by the Party Committee of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

At the Conference on Studying, Understanding, and Implementing the Resolution of the 10th Central Committee Meeting of the 11th Party Congress, held this morning, March 20, 2015, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Party Secretary and Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Truong Minh Tuan, stated: On March 12, the Politburo approved the National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press until 2025, submitted by the Party Committee of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

On March 19, 2015, the Project Editorial Board once again reviewed and revised the draft conclusion of the Politburo. The Politburo's conclusion will be announced next week. Following that, the Prime Minister will issue a Decision, and the National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press until 2025 will be implemented starting in 2015.

The press planning is designed to ensure that media organizations develop in a healthy and proper direction. (Illustrative image. Internet.)

Deputy Minister Truong Minh Tuan emphasized: Stemming from the special significance and importance of revolutionary journalism in the cause of building, developing, and protecting the Fatherland, as early as October 2006, the Politburo of the 10th Party Congress requested the Party Committee of the Government to direct the review and adjustment of the national press planning.

In January 2014, the Politburo of the 11th Party Congress included in its work program and established a Steering Committee to develop a National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press. When considering the Plan, the Central Committee focused on discussing and clarifying the necessity of issuing and implementing the National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press until 2025, achieving a high level of consensus.

Specifically, the plan outlines key contents such as a comprehensive assessment of the press situation, the perspective and objectives of press planning, and planning orientations for each type of media (currently there are four types of media: print, online, radio, and television); and a plan for organizing these types of media.

Overall, the Vietnamese press has made many positive contributions in recent times, effectively fulfilling its role in disseminating the viewpoints, guidelines, policies, and strategies of the Party and the State. It serves as the voice of the Party, socio-political organizations, professional associations, and a forum for the people.

However, the press also has many shortcomings and weaknesses. Many media outlets have not adhered to their stated purpose; they have not fulfilled their role as the voice of the Party, political organizations, socio-political organizations, and professional associations; and they have not adequately served as a forum for the people. In 2014, many media outlets, especially their subsidiary publications, committed content violations, causing public outrage.

Many governing bodies abandon or reduce their responsibilities, or even become financially dependent on the press to operate.

Therefore, the National Plan for the Development and Management of the Press until 2025 has been implemented to ensure that press agencies develop in a healthier and more appropriate direction.

According to Infonet