In 2022, many press agencies actively innovated and achieved outstanding results.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, attended and directed the conference.

Delegates chairing the conference. Photo: National Assembly Delegation

Also attending were comradesMember of the Party Central Committee: Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Lai Xuan Mon; Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh; Deputy Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Department Pham Tat Thang; Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine Doan Minh Huan.

The conference was attended by more than 700 delegates, including representatives of leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, and organizations; press management and direction agencies, press agencies; representatives of provincial and municipal party committees; propaganda departments of provincial and municipal party committees, departments of information and communications, journalists' associations of provinces and cities; central and local press agencies...

Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia (left cover) shakes hands and visits representatives of press and media agencies. Photo: Huu Hanh (TTO)

Reporting at the conference, comrade Tran Thanh Lam - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department emphasized that in 2022, the world situation continues to fluctuate rapidly, complicatedly, unpredictably, and difficult to forecast with increasing risk factors, having a great impact on a global scale. In the country, 2022 is the second year of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, a year of important significance in creating a foundation for implementing the goals of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party and resolutions of party congresses at all levels. In that context, closely following the direction and leadership of the Party and State, and the practical situation of the country, press work has achieved many important and outstanding results.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee (left cover) attended the conference. Photo: Sy Thanh

That is, information and propaganda on the National Assembly's directions and administration in legislative work, supervision and law enforcement; of the Government, Prime Minister, ministries, branches and localities on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control; accelerating the recovery and socio-economic development in a bold and profound manner. Information and propaganda on Party building, anti-corruption, waste and negativity; on Party inspection, supervision and discipline have been strengthened. The press has also analyzed and highlighted the results of foreign affairs activities of Party and State leaders, especially the official visit to the People's Republic of China by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: Sy Thanh

Information and propaganda work on protecting the Party's ideological foundation and refuting the erroneous views of hostile forces continues to be maintained with many forms and rich and effective information content.

Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Tran Thanh Lam reports at the conference. Photo: Zing.vn

Many press agencies have innovated and approached modern journalism technology to put information on different media platforms and infrastructures to increase accessibility for people; and implemented digital transformation of journalism.

However, in some press agencies, the ratio between positive information and negative information is not balanced; the orientation and leadership of the press in some specific cases and incidents is still slow and lacks sensitivity. The situation of "newspaperization of magazines" and signs of "privatization" of the press have not been completely overcome.

With a democratic, serious, frank and responsible spirit, the Conference spent time listening to delegates discuss, exchange and share issues of concern in current press work as well as press and media life; identifying trends and challenges, thereby determining tasks and solutions for 2023 and in the coming period.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the Central Propaganda Department, commended and highly appreciated the comprehensive results of press work in 2022.

Deploying the tasks of 2023, he requested Party committees, authorities, and press agencies nationwide to strengthen the direction of Party building in clean and strong press agencies, enhance training and improve political capacity, educate revolutionary ethics, professional ethics, and expertise of journalists; thoroughly grasp, comply with, and implement Party regulations and State laws on press work, 10 regulations on professional ethics of journalists, Rules for using social networks of journalists; build each press agency into a typical cultural agency in the spirit of the National Cultural Conference.

Leaders of several press agencies attended the National Party Press Conference in Da Nang in November 2022. Photo: Duc Anh

Press agencies need to immediately conduct self-criticism and criticism in accordance with Conclusion No. 21-KL/TW, dated October 25, 2021 of the Party Central Committee on promoting Party building and rectification and the political system; resolutely prevent, repel, and strictly handle cadres and party members who have degraded in political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation", ensuring seriousness, prudence, and achieving concrete and substantive results. 2023 is a pivotal year in implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party, requiring press agencies, journalists, and press management and leadership agencies to further promote the results achieved in 2022; thoroughly overcome existing shortcomings and limitations in order to "build a professional, humane and modern press and media" as in the spirit of the Congress documents, to always maintain the pioneering role and mission in providing official information and orienting public opinion; always accompany the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, for the benefit of the nation and people.

At the Conference, representatives of the Ministry of Information and Communications launched a response to the propaganda of typical advanced examples for the period 2022 - 2025 according to Decision No. 1256/QD-TTg, dated December 9, 2022 of the Prime Minister.

On this occasion, the Central Propaganda Department awarded the Certificate of Merit.praise 32 groups for havingOutstanding achievements in journalism in 2022.