Interview with collaborators at the meeting of outstanding collaborators

(Baonghean.vn) -During the meeting with Nghe An Newspaper collaborators in 2014, Nghe An Newspaper reporters interviewed Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. LE VAN CUONG - Former Director of the Institute of Strategy, Ministry of Public Security and nDUY HUONG Newspaper - Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. LE VAN CUONG – Former Director of the Institute of Strategy, Ministry of Public Security:

“There needs to be more “Nghe character” in Nghe An newspaper”

As a contributor, “you could say the “youngest”, he jokingly told us, he traveled more than 300 km from Hanoi to Vinh one day before the conference of collaborators of Nghe An newspaper in early 2014. Mr. Le Van Cuong could not hide his emotions and shared with us: “I have only been writing articles for Nghe An newspaper since 2013, but at this conference in early 2014, I was invited to attend with great respect. And when I came to the conference, I respected and appreciated the newspaper even more because it knew how to cherish and gather the intelligence and humanity of teachers, veteran cadres in many fields, engineers, lawyers, soldiers...; they have devoted their whole lives to contributing to this land.

Major General Le Van Cuong

Following and regularly reading more than a dozen newspapers from the central to local levels, and through the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Theoretical Council - Central Propaganda Department, Nghe An newspaper at the local level is one of the three strongest newspapers in the country after Hanoi Moi and Saigon Giai Phong. That is the motivation that has urged him to become a contributor to the newspaper for the past year, mainly in the "International commentary" column.

With the responsibility of a son of Nghe An, a regular reader of Nghe An newspaper, Mr. Le Van Cuong has many concerns and entrustments. That is, there needs to be more and more "Nghe" colors in the newspaper. Maybe one or two days a week, 7 days, Nghe An newspaper will be full of Nghe people, Nghe land, Nghe culture, a thousand years of civilization. So that every time readers pick up Nghe An newspaper, they can feel the "smell", the "taste" that is very unique and characteristic of Nghe An newspaper, full of Nghe. Let's dig deeper into the cultural foundation of Nghe, this is the longevity through historical figures, legends, through foreign invasions to see that Nghe people are good at working, fighting but also the unique character of Nghe people.

Regarding the “International Commentary” column in Nghe An newspaper, the newspaper has done very well in reporting news, but the commentary is not deep. Many articles are not commentary, but mainly reflect news, so international commentary articles in Nghe An newspaper need to “dive” deep into phenomena and events, from there draw out issues, analyze, explain, and meet the needs of readers when the intellectual level of the people is increasingly high. Only by doing so, the “International Commentary” column in Nghe An newspaper will have real vitality!

Journalist DUY HUONG - Nhan Dan Newspaper

“Be clever but also be firm, sharp and straight”

For journalist Duy Huong, who is a reporter for a central newspaper but is very attached to and devoted to reporters of Nghe An newspaper, especially the reporter in charge of the Party building page of Nghe An newspaper, but coming to the conference for the first time, he could not help but be emotional.

Journalist Duy Huong shared: “What I like and am most impressed with is the simplicity, warmth, looking at each other affectionately, speaking frankly and honestly. The opinions contributed at the conference by the collaborators are all from the heart, not polite, not to please anyone, but all are sincere, sympathetic to Nghe An newspaper that they speak of, for the development of the newspaper”.

Journalist Duy Huong

Journalist Duy Huong also shared: In the past, he had returned to Nghe An many times, had many working trips with reporters of Nghe An newspaper. At that time, it could be said that reporters of Nghe An newspaper "followed" Nhan Dan newspaper, but now I may have to "follow" reporters of Nghe An newspaper. Saying this clearly shows that now at the grassroots level, Nghe An newspaper is very well received and their attitude towards welcoming reporters of Nghe An newspaper is very respectful. The best thing is that Nghe An newspaper has an important position in the hearts of readers. From the perspective of journalist Duy Huong, Nghe An newspaper in terms of form and content is not inferior to any newspaper in the local press system in the whole country, expressed in its topicality, closer to life; "opening the newspaper, there is something to read, practical, close to life, not things "from the sky".

Journalist Duy Huong himself, although working for a central newspaper, still spends time and is an active contributor to the "ideological activities" column on the party building page of Nghe An newspaper. According to journalist Duy Huong, the "ideological activities" column has a very good advantage in that it can say things that "legitimately" and frankly cannot be said, cannot criticize Mr. X, Ms. Y directly, but can be put together to say in a skillful, gentle, suggestive way for people to know.

This column has pointed out the ideological shortcomings that are not convenient to say directly, and has a certain impact on the readers who see themselves in it. Thus, this column has a high level of generality, in which the readers see themselves in it, from there they know, perceive and correct. That is the great effect of the "ideological life" column.

Also according to journalist Duy Huong, the main purpose of the “ideological activity” column is mainly to criticize, not to praise. Criticism here is to criticize skillfully, but there comes a time when we have to speak frankly and honestly. For a long time, we have spoken skillfully but still softly, gently, so we need to be a little firmer, a little sharper and a little more direct; write short but effectively!

Mai Hoa (written)