Nghe An opens Canh Ty Spring Newspaper Festival 2020

On the morning of January 18, in Quynh Luu district, the opening ceremony of the Canh Ty Spring Press Festival and the awarding ceremony of the 2019 Nghe An Province Press Award on Party building - "Golden Hammer and Sickle" Award took place. This year's Spring Press Festival was jointly organized by the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Provincial Journalists Association, the Department of Information and Communications and the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Attending the Canh Ty Spring Press Conference were journalists: Ho Quang Loi - Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Phan Huu Minh - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Inspection Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; comrades: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Kha Van Tam - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Le Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Department; Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications; Tran Duy Ngoan - Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association; representatives of leaders of provincial departments and branches, leaders of Quynh Luu district and many journalists and reporters of 69 press agencies.

Delegates cut the ribbon to open the Canh Ty Spring Newspaper Festival 2020. Photo: Thanh Quynh

With the theme "Celebrating the glorious Party, celebrating the country and homeland's innovation", the 18th Canh Ty Spring Press Festival - Nghe An 2020 is an opportunity to honor the innovation achievements of the press nationwide and the press of Nghe An province; a place for journalists to exchange and meet with a large number of readers, radio listeners and television viewers, creating conditions for people to enjoy the innovation achievements of the Vietnamese revolutionary press.

This year's Spring Press Festival is also an event to celebrate the achievements of Nghe An province after 4 years of implementing the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress and the 18th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress, and 6 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for Nghe An's development until 2020.

Delegates visit Nghe An Newspaper's booth. Photo: Quoc Son

This year's Spring Press Fair has 11 booths displaying publications of Nghe An province's press and 117 newspapers and magazines with over 1,000 central and local press publications and many news bulletins from districts, cities and towns in the province. In addition, there are 90 press and art photos from the Press and Art Photography Club of Nghe An Journalists Association.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial Journalists Association Tran Duy Ngoan affirmed that in 2019, Nghe An press has closely followed the goals, maintained political stability, consolidated and strengthened the unity of will within the Party, social consensus and people's trust in the Party, contributing to creating spiritual motivation to well perform socio-economic tasks, national defense - security, foreign affairs and Party building work.

Provide comprehensive and timely information and reflection on important events and political activities of the country and the province. At the same time, properly orientate on complex and sensitive issues occurring in the area. Proactively exploit, propagate and clearly reflect the socio-economic management solutions of provincial leaders, departments, branches and localities.

The Organizing Committee of the Spring Newspaper Festival judged the Spring newspaper display booth of Nghe An Newspaper. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Nghe An press has increasingly effectively performed its functions of social supervision and criticism; discovered and encouraged new factors, advanced models, achievements in innovation, integration and investment attraction; and protected the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland's borders and islands.

The Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association hopes that journalists need to make efforts to improve the quality of press products. At the same time, strictly implement the "Press Law"; "10 Regulations on Journalists' Ethics"; "Code of Conduct for Vietnamese Journalists on Social Networks". At the same time, it is necessary to effectively perform the function of participating in social supervision and criticism, resolutely fighting against corruption, waste, bureaucracy, and negative acts in many ways and forms.

In particular, it is necessary to create social consensus and promote the combined strength of all types of journalism to effectively promote the implementation of socio-economic development tasks of the province and the country.

At this year's Spring Newspaper Festival, the Organizing Committee also presented gifts to 66 families with meritorious services to the country, poor households, and poor students who excelled in their studies in Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town, each worth 500,000 VND. Photo: Thanh Quynh

The Spring Newspaper Festival 2020 will serve all classes of people until January 10, Canh Ty.