The 30th Conference of Party Newspapers of provinces and cities in the Northern region

This is a meaningful activity to celebrate the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2025), the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025), towards the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2 (1945-2025)...

With a very topical theme, closely following the flow of the country's current events in a new revolution towards a new era - the era of national growth, the Workshop is a message from the Party Newspaper agencies with the determination to unite, overcome all difficulties and challenges, promptly adapt, develop and continuously contribute to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

Attending the workshop, Central delegates included comrades: Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Nguyen The Ky - former Member of the Party Central Committee, former General Director of the Voice of Vietnam, Chairman of the Central Council for Theory and Criticism of Literature and Arts; Ho Quang Loi - former Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, former Head of the Propaganda Department of the Hanoi City Party Committee, former Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association (VDCA)...

Delegates from Hanoi City include: Nguyen Doan Toan - Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi City Party Committee; Tran Anh Tuan - Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi City; Kieu Thanh Hung - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Hanoi City Journalists Association.

Delegates from central press agencies attending the workshop included journalists: Colonel Le Ngoc Long - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper; Nguyen Hoang Nhat - Deputy Head of the Electronic Department of the People's Newspaper; Nguyen Thi Kim Hai - Deputy Head of the Culture Department, News Department of Vietnam Television.

Nghe An Newspaper attended the workshop with comrade Tran Van Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Editor-in-Chief.

Big data – a golden opportunity for journalism to transform

In her opening speech, Journalist Nguyen Thi Kim Hai - Deputy Head of the Culture Department - News Department, Vietnam Television presented a speech on the topic "Big data and content personalization: A new direction for journalism - News Department".

According to journalist Nguyen Thi Kim Hai, in the digital age, the press is witnessing a profound change in the way the public receives information. Today's readers, especially the younger generation who grew up with technology, expect content to be customized to their needs and personal preferences, similar to other digital experiences in life. This reality poses a big challenge for press agencies: If they do not adapt and provide personalized experiences, they risk losing readers to digital platforms and social networks that always "understand" users.

Referring to the role of big data in the transformation of journalism, Journalist Nguyen Thi Kim Hai said that big data is a term referring to the processing of a very large and complex set of data that traditional data processing applications cannot handle. Big data includes data analysis, collection, monitoring, searching, sharing, storage, transmission, visualization, querying and privacy. This technology is becoming a "launching pad" for journalism innovation.

Speaking at the workshop, delegates from press agencies focused on discussing the role of journalism in the digital age, digital technology, digital data... emphasizing the mission of journalists in response to the demands of the Party, country, and people to meet the requirements of the trend.

Mission of Vietnamese revolutionary pressin the digital age

Speaking at the conference, Journalist Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper said that with the strong development of science and technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a particularly important role in the digital transformation process of journalism in particular and is an inevitable trend for news agencies to innovate and develop.

However, to successfully carry out digital transformation and effectively promote the strengths of AI, press agencies in general and the Party Newspaper system in particular must continuously innovate to be able to meet the increasing needs of readers through continuous thinking, innovation, creativity and launching new and attractive press products to attract readers, especially in the context of strong development of social networks as today.

Appreciating the digital transformation efforts of press agencies and the Party Newspaper system, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh believes that press agencies will have strong development steps, meeting the increasing needs of readers in the new period.

The President of the Vietnam Journalists Association also said that currently, the press system is entering a phase of reorganization, innovation, and streamlining the apparatus according to the policy of the Politburo and the Secretariat. The principle of reorganization is to bring local press and television into one entity. In some localities, a press agency will merge from many units; the number of staff and reporters will reach hundreds of people, certainly creating great impacts and influences on the organization of the apparatus and professional activities. Press agencies will certainly face many difficulties, but the reorganization will also open up new development opportunities.

Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh affirmed that despite major changes after the reorganization and streamlining, the Party Newspaper system still maintains its pivotal role in the revolutionary press system; continues its mission of guiding the public, and strongly developing the Party Newspaper system in the new period.

Proactive, sensitive to trends

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Nguyen Doan Toan - Member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi City Party Committee expressed his honor that Hanoi was the host of the Northern Party Newspaper Workshop - a meaningful event to celebrate the country's major holidays and towards the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

“This workshop with the theme: “Promoting the tradition of revolutionary journalism, pioneering digital transformation, accompanying the country into the new era” is an important forum for Party newspaper agencies to exchange and share experiences, and together find solutions to improve the quality of journalism activities in the context of comprehensive digital transformation”, said the Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi Party Committee.

Sharing the impressive development results of Hanoi Capital in recent times, especially in 2024 and from the beginning of 2025 until now, the Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi Party Committee affirmed that in those achievements, there are very important contributions from the press of the Capital and the press of the whole country. He expressed his deep gratitude to the team of journalists across the country for always caring, supporting and accompanying the Capital over the past years.

Comrade Nguyen Doan Toan emphasized that Hanoi City is deeply aware of the especially important role and position of the press in the cause of building and developing the capital and always pays attention and creates all favorable conditions for the press to operate effectively.

Referring to the content of the conference, Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Doan Toan shared that we are living in a new era - the era of digital transformation, where digital technology becomes the foundation of development. In that context, revolutionary journalism needs to constantly innovate, adapt, and take advantage of opportunities to affirm its role and promote its mission in the new situation. Digital transformation is not only an objective requirement, but also an opportunity to improve communication effectiveness, increase its influence and maintain its role in guiding public opinion.

“The organization of this workshop is a testament to the proactiveness and sensitivity of the Northern Party Newspaper in general, and Hanoi Moi Newspaper in particular, in anticipating trends. This is an opportunity for press agencies to exchange experiences, spread good practices, and contribute to improving the quality of operations in the context of streamlining the apparatus and reorganizing the press according to the Central's direction,” said the Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi Party Committee.

Appreciating the sense of responsibility, efforts to overcome difficulties, solidarity and innovation of the Party Newspaper agencies in the past time, Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Doan Toan believes that, with a strong political stance and glorious tradition, the team of revolutionary journalists will continue to promote their pioneering role in the digital transformation, actively contributing to the cause of building the Capital and the country to become increasingly rich, civilized and modern.