Press agencies actively accompany and share with people affected by floods.

On the morning of October 5, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications, and the Provincial Journalists Association jointly organized the October 2022 press conference.

Comrades: Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications; Tran Minh Ngoc - Director of the Radio and Television Station, Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Le

In September 2022, press agencies strictly followed the direction and propaganda orientation of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the state management of the Department of Information and Communications.

In the field of current affairs and politics, press agencies have reported on the internal and external activities of provincial leaders. Local press agencies have published articles highlighting the 18th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province, term 2022-2027.

Attending the conference were comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department. Photo: Thanh Le

Press agencies have published many articles reflecting the positive results achieved in the past 9 months: the economy has recovered quickly, with a clear GRDP growth rate estimated at 9.22%; high budget revenue; investment attraction; foreign affairs work has achieved good results; good control of the epidemic,...

Highlighting the efforts of Party committees and authorities at all levels in management, creating favorable conditions for production and business; taking care of social security work; the efforts of enterprises, workers, civil servants and laborers. At the same time, commenting and assessing the challenges for socio-economic development in the last months of the year in Nghe An.

In particular, central and local press agencies have had many news, articles, programs and reports promptly reflecting the situation of floods causing inundation, landslides, and damage to people and property in many localities in the province, especially flash floods in Ky Son district; proactively informing, propagating, and guiding people to be ready to respond to floods, flash floods, landslides, and inundation; inspection and direction of response and overcoming consequences of floods by Party committees and authorities at all levels, functional agencies, armed forces and people in damaged areas.

Comrade Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications reported on press work in September 2022. Photo: Thanh Le

In addition, some press agencies have published articles mentioning the shortcomings and inadequacies in the fields of land, construction, environment, and minerals; and proposed and recommended strengthening solutions to control market prices and ensure supply and demand at the end of the year.

In September, the Propaganda Department issued a summary of 4 contents reported by the press, and at the same time issued 4 documents directing the handling of 4 issues reported by the press.

Discussing the conference, representatives of press agencies recommended that the province pay attention to supporting and creating conditions for journalists to access and work promptly in conditions of natural disasters and floods; organize and promptly mobilize support for people affected by floods, especially in Ky Son district; resolutely handle suspended projects, projects behind schedule and projects using land for the wrong purpose in the province,...

Giving gifts to support people in Binh Son 1 village, Ta Ca commune, Ky Son district. Photo: Minh Quan

Concluding the conference, Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department acknowledged and highly appreciated the press agencies for accompanying and paying attention to propagating activities in various fields of the province. At the same time, the press agencies actively connected to organize charity activities, sharing difficulties with people in localities in the province affected by floods.

Representatives of press agencies exchanged at the conference. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding the propaganda orientation for October 2022, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department requested that press agencies continue to proactively update information on the flood situation; reflect the difficulties of people in flooded areas; the work of overcoming the consequences of floods by government committees and functional agencies; warn, guide and propagate people to proactively respond to erratic weather developments, cope with flash floods, landslides and floods; inform and propagate good examples, timely activities of government committees and authorities, noble gestures of organizations and individuals in overcoming and sharing the consequences caused by floods...

At the same time, press agencies need to focus on propagating the Party's resolutions into life, promoting propaganda to build and rectify the Party and the political system. Continue to propagate movements, models, and typical examples of good implementation of "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style", associated with the 2022 theme.

Conference scene. Photo: Thanh Le

Along with that, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department aims to promote propaganda on the socio-economic development results of the past 9 months, key tasks and solutions in socio-economic development in the last months of 2022 of the province. Press agencies are researching to open special pages and columns to promote events and major holidays of the month.