Rectify and repel signs of degradation among some writers

Four main issues were discussed at the National Press Conference.

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of April 17, in Cua Lo town (Nghe An), the National Conference on 2018 tasks of the Vietnam Journalists Association took place. Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Thuan Huu raised 4 contents for press agencies to focus on discussing and clarifying.

Comrade Vo Van Thuong gave a speech at the Conference. Photo by Duc Anh

Attending the conference were Comrade Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department. Comrades of the Party Central Committee: Truong Minh Tuan - Minister of Information and Communications; Thuan Huu - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Tran Binh Minh - General Director of Vietnam Television; Nguyen The Ky - General Director of the Voice of Vietnam; Nguyen Duc Loi - General Director of Vietnam News Agency.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Speaking at the Conference, Comrade Vo Van Thuong highly appreciated the effective contributions of the press and the Vietnam Journalists Association. In particular, the Vietnam Journalists Association has put into use an application to monitor the removal and correction of articles on electronic newspapers, contributing to effective press management, gradually preventing the situation of "posting in the morning, meeting at noon, removing in the afternoon" in recent times...

All of these measures have created new changes in the activities of the Journalists Association, actively contributing to rectifying discipline in press activities, strengthening trust, adding strength, and encouraging the spirit of dedication of journalists for the ultimate interests of the country and people.

The Head of the Central Propaganda Department pointed out that besides the advantages and achievements, he frankly admitted that press activities and the Journalists Association still have shortcomings and defects that need to be promptly overcome in the coming time.

That is, some press agencies provide information that is not in accordance with their principles and purposes, does not serve the right audience, provides information that is politically insensitive, not suitable for the interests of the country and the people, provides false information, harms national interests, offends the reputation of organizations, and the honor and dignity of citizens.

The comrades chaired the conference. Photo: Duc Anh

There are some writers who show signs of degradation, there are articles that do not lead public opinion but sometimes have negative effects. There are still cases of members and journalists violating the law, violating professional ethics, the content, methods, and professionalism in the activities of some levels of the Association are not high, so they have not created attraction and appeal for journalists to participate in the Association's activities.

Especially with the development of social media and the internet, journalists have more favorable conditions to work, but the downside is that it creates conditions for journalists who are not serious and superficial in their work to copy each other's news articles. There are writers who do not originate from the mission of journalists but because of money, profit, fame, and the influence of group interests, leading to degeneration. "This is an issue we need to overcome and push back in the coming time" - Comrade Vo Van Thuong emphasized.

The Head of the Central Propaganda Department affirmed: The Party, the State and the people always acknowledge and appreciate the efforts and important contributions of the press and the Vietnam Journalists Association in the revolutionary cause; care to support and create conditions for the press to develop and hope that the team of journalists will constantly strive and train to fulfill their glorious and noble mission, worthy of the advice of President Ho Chi Minh: "The task of the Journalists Association is to make members closely united, help each other to improve their political and professional level. Only then can the Journalists Association fulfill its duties and journalists serve the people and the revolution well."

Delegates exchanged on the sidelines of the conference. Photo: Duc Anh

According to the Head of the Central Propaganda Department, the current world and regional situation is evolving rapidly and complicatedly, the country in general and press activities in particular are facing significant challenges.

With the 4.0 industrial revolution, in which information and communication technology develops very quickly, deeply affecting all aspects of social life, comrade Vo Van Thuong emphasized: Press agencies must clearly recognize the new trends: Information with direct interaction, electronic information with multimedia communication model will continue to develop strongly. Therefore, the press must be proactive and innovative to develop in this direction. Press agencies and journalists need to continue to perform their functions and tasks better.

In particular, it is necessary to maintain political orientation, principles, purposes, and service objects, uphold the revolutionary spirit, and be absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, and the people. The press continues to focus on propagating the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress, Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th tenure); and resolutions of the Party, the National Assembly, and the Government into life.

The press also needs to actively listen to the grassroots, discover new factors, good models, summarize good experiences, make practical contributions to the development of the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, promote socio-economic development, create consensus in society; strengthen the fight against false and distorted arguments and peaceful evolution plots of hostile forces, making an important contribution to the country's development and deep integration with the international community.

Comrade Vo Van Thuong requested the Vietnam Journalists Association to further promote the role of a political - social - professional organization of journalists, constantly innovate the content and methods of operation, consolidate and perfect the organizational apparatus, encourage and motivate journalists to fulfill their responsibilities well, contributing with the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people to successfully carry out the cause of innovation for the goal of "rich people, strong country, democracy, fairness, civilization".

In addition, the Journalists Association needs to focus on caring for, nurturing, and building a team of journalists with fighting spirit, political qualities, and professional expertise; constantly studying and practicing political ideology and revolutionary ethics, improving professional qualifications, updating modern journalism technology, to produce journalistic works imbued with a sense of responsibility, professionalism, humanity, and seriously implementing the Press Law and the 10 Codes of Ethics for Vietnamese journalists.

Emphasizing that the new requirements and tasks for the press and the Vietnam Journalists Association today are extremely heavy, the Head of the Central Propaganda Department believes that with good traditions and valuable lessons learned from practice, the Vietnamese press team will increasingly mature, constantly strive to rise up, meet the requirements of the task, and be worthy of being the vanguard force on the Party's ideological and cultural front./.