Opening of the Spring Newspaper Festival of At Ty year of Nghe An province 2025

Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Journalist Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of Nghe An Journalists Association, Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Station.

Also attending were representatives of leaders of provincial departments, agencies, leaders of local and central press agencies and journalists based in Nghe An province.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the At Ty 2025 Spring Press Festival, journalist Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Journalists Association said: The Spring Press Festival is a traditional activity held annually on the occasion of Tet and Spring. This is a place for journalists to meet and share their achievements in a year, and also a place for journalists to meet and exchange with the public.

And through the typical publications displayed at the Press Festival, the public can visualize a panoramic picture of the press over the past year.

In the context of press activities in Nghe An, despite facing many difficulties and challenges, press agencies and journalists in the area have made efforts to overcome, proactively and creatively adapt to excellently complete assigned tasks.

Nghe An press has comprehensively and promptly informed and reflected important political events of the country and the province, reflected the socio-economic picture, national defense - security and foreign affairs of the province, widely propagated the policies and decisions of the Party and State, towards the Party congresses at all levels, term 2025-2030, especially Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW on continuing to innovate, reorganize the apparatus of the political system to be streamlined, operate effectively and efficiently and Resolution 57 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in developing science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

It can be said that the press is a strong flow of information, actively contributing to creating consensus among cadres, party members and people to best implement these two breakthrough policies of our Party. The press strongly propagates the socio-economic management solutions of the province, departments, branches and localities; promotes the image of Nghe An country and people to the whole country and the world.

In addition, Nghe An press has performed well its role of social supervision and criticism, resolutely fighting against corruption, waste and negative acts; discovering and encouraging new factors, advanced models, attracting investment; refuting the wrong viewpoints and arguments of hostile forces, contributing to strengthening trust in the Party and the government, creating consensus among the people.

The Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association affirmed: Many works of Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and press agencies, offices, representative offices, and resident reporters in the area have won high prizes at national press awards, press awards of central ministries and branches, and of the province. At this ceremony, we continue to honor 40 works, out of a total of 125 press works participating in the 9th Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award, 2024.

This is a prestigious journalism award, a recognition and praise for the sense of responsibility and passion for the profession of reporters and collaborators, who have made efforts to produce excellent works on a topic that is considered broad and difficult, but also very rich and vivid, such as the topic of Party building.

According to comrade Tran Minh Ngoc, the Vietnamese press in general, and the Nghe An press in particular, are in a strong flow of innovation, placing on their shoulders the noble mission of serving the interests of the nation and people, for the happiness of the people. On June 21, 2025, it will be the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day. This is a great event not only for the press, but also for the entire political system in the country. In Nghe An, the Party Committee and authorities at all levels always pay attention to and create conditions for press agencies to fulfill their tasks.

Nghe An Provincial Party Committee has issued Plan 236-KH/TU dated April 1, 2024 on propaganda and organization of activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day; The Provincial People's Committee also issued a document to implement this Plan of the Provincial Party Committee. With the attention of the province, press agencies in the province as well as journalists in the province will strive, compete, and affirm the responsibility of writers to fulfill their noble mission, contributing to the socio-economic development of the homeland and the country.

On behalf of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Journalists Association, Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial Journalists Association Tran Minh Ngoc officially launched an emulation movement to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day in the provincial press community.

First of all, promote the highest role and responsibility of the team of leaders, managers, heads of press agencies, the Provincial Journalists Association and each member and journalist, make efforts, be creative, focus on effectively propagating the major political tasks of the province in socio-economic development, ensuring national defense, security, Party building, and building the political system. Continue to affirm the role and position of leading and orienting public opinion of the mainstream press; propagate and encourage typical new factors, spread the national value system, contribute to building an advanced Vietnamese culture with strong national identity.

Along with that, continue to pioneer in digital transformation, innovate management and production processes, improve the quality of the team in terms of expertise, professionalism and training of political qualities and ethics. The branches encourage members to compete in creating high-quality press works to participate in Central and provincial press awards in 2025.

At the same time, continue to do a good job of political and ideological education, raise awareness for members and journalists; compete to well implement the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws on press activities.

Journalists and members must strictly implement the 10 regulations on professional ethics and the Rules for using social networks of Vietnamese journalists; strengthen the building of a cultural environment in press agencies and the culture of Vietnamese journalists, contributing to building a professional press and media, so that each journalist is truly a soldier on the ideological and cultural front of the Party, with a bright mind, a pure heart, a sharp pen, and the courage to fight, contributing to building a professional, modern and humane Vietnamese press.

At the ceremony, delegates conducted the ribbon-cutting ceremony to inaugurate the Spring Newspaper Festival, officially opening the display booth and reading the Spring Newspaper of At Ty 2025. To spread the Spring Newspaper publications of 2025, the Nghe An Journalists Association donated these publications to the Tet Newspaper display booth at Ho Chi Minh Square, Vinh City.

The Organizing Committee also presented 50 gifts, each worth 1,000,000 VND in cash and kind, to disadvantaged policy families in Vinh city.

This year's At Ty Spring Press Fair has the participation of more than 13 booths from press agencies, magazines, and publishers nationwide, introducing outstanding press publications, reflecting hot issues in social life and forecasting development trends in 2025.