Improving the quality of consulting in the work of the Office of the Journalists Association

The conference listened to the Deputy Director of the Department of People's Organizations, Central Committee for Mass Mobilization disseminate Decision 118-QD/TW dated August 22, 2023 of the Secretariat on promulgating the Regulations on organization and operation of mass associations assigned by the Party and State at the Central level and Mr. Tran Minh Tan - expert of the Department of Non-governmental Organizations, Ministry of Home Affairs presented Decree No. 126 dated October 8, 2024 of the Government regulating the organization, operation and management of associations.

The conference also provided time for press agencies and the Central Association, representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs' Mass Mobilization Committee to exchange and discuss difficulties and obstacles, practical and feasible proposals and solutions, close to the reality of press activities and association activities, especially at the grassroots level; Discuss issues related to improving the effectiveness of disseminating and applying Party policies and State laws in the activities of the Journalists Association; Policies and regimes for people working regularly at the Journalists Association...

Leaders of local Journalists Associations are very interested, share opinions and ask questions about the policies of the Association's work such as: Organization, staff, finance, structure... Opinions are that personnel work must be unified from the central to local levels. In reality, many local Associations have only 1 staff, while others have 7-8 staff. Due to the small number of staff, many Associations cannot appoint positions such as Chief of Office or Head of Professional Committees...

Regarding finance, delegates recommended that the Vietnam Journalists Association pay attention to timely and reasonable budget support so that local Associations can maintain effective operations and perform their roles well in the development of the country's press.

In his concluding remarks at the Conference, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association Nguyen Duc Loi emphasized that Decision 118 and Decree 126 are specialized, practical and useful contents for the representatives of leaders at all levels of the Journalists Association, press agencies and staff working in the Association's Office to advise and assist the Association's Standing Committee to absorb, study and apply them in practice to better perform the assigned political tasks.