(BaoNghean) -Continuing the workshop program, this morning, May 8, the Ethnic Committee coordinated with the People's Committee of Nghe An province to organize a workshop on the effects and effectiveness of newspaper and magazine publications provided to ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly difficult areas in the period 2012 - 2015.
Attending and chairing the conference were comrades: Le Son Hai - Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee; Chu Tuan Thanh, Head of the Propaganda Department of the Ethnic Committee; Vuong Dinh Lap - Deputy Head of the Provincial Ethnic Committee. Also attending were representatives of the Ethnic Committee, prestigious people, and village heads from several provinces in the Northern, Central and Central Highlands regions.
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| Overview of the workshop |
After 15 years of implementing the Prime Minister's decision on the policy of supporting press information serving ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly difficult areas, newspapers and magazines have focused on propaganda with a focus and key points, exploiting the economic, political, cultural - social, national defense and security and ecological environment of ethnic minority areas, contributing to accelerating hunger eradication and poverty reduction, stabilizing life, preserving and promoting ethnic cultural values, raising vigilance and preventing propaganda arguments of hostile forces that take advantage of ethnic, religious, democratic and human rights issues to divide the great national unity bloc.
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| Comrade Chu Tuan Thanh, Head of the Propaganda Department, Committee for Ethnic Minorities, pointed out the effects and efficiency of newspaper and magazine publications provided to ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly disadvantaged areas in the 2012-2015 period. |
Opinions at the workshop assessed the current status of propaganda work through newspaper and magazine publications for ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly disadvantaged areas over the past 5 years, pointing out advantages, difficulties, limitations and shortcomings...
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| Comrade Hoang Duc Hau - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism delivered a speech, affirming the great role of the press in changing people's awareness, thinking and way of doing. |
Delegates also frankly gave their opinions and proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of propaganda work, improve content, form, publishing and distribution work to ensure quality, serving ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, especially difficult areas, border areas, and islands in the 2016-2020 period and vision to 2030.
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| Colonel Nguyen Hoa Van - Deputy Head of Political Department of Border Guard, Editor-in-Chief of Border Guard Newspaper said that the issue to be reflected needs to be more realistic and closer to the lives of the people. |
Many opinions say that the education level of the people is still low, so press publications need to increase illustrations and use language close to the lives of the people. Regularly review and supplement newspapers and magazines for newly emerging subjects, specifically village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people so that information in the press can reach the people more effectively. Along with that, the postal sector needs to identify the work of delivering newspapers and magazines to the people as a political task, so there needs to be solutions to overcome all difficulties and raise the sense of responsibility so that press publications can reach the beneficiaries in time...
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| Mr. Luong Van Huong - Deputy Head of the Ethnic Minorities Committee of Thanh Hoa province said that the content conveyed to the people needs to be brief, concise and easy to understand. |
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| Mr. Sam Van Hien - Secretary of the Party Cell of Hiep An village, Thong Thu commune (Que Phong) said that the press has contributed to changing the face of ethnic mountainous areas. |
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| Delegates exchanged opinions at the workshop |
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| Comrade Le Son Hai - Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities concluded the closing ceremony of the workshop. |
Closing the workshop, comrade Le Son Hai, Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee thanked the delegates for their frank contributions with many good opinions and new ideas. This will be the basis for the coming time for newspapers and magazines to continue to improve the effectiveness of propaganda, especially focusing on ethnic minorities, who are still disadvantaged in terms of information access, on that basis, improving people's knowledge, contributing to the success of new rural construction, as well as in the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland in ethnic minority, mountainous and particularly difficult areas.Quang An
