Need to properly assess the cause of flooding in Western Nghe An

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department attended and directed the conference. Photo: Mai Hoa

In August, press agencies closely followed the propaganda direction of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Department of Information and Communications; promptly reflected and fully informed political, socio-economic, defense and security events and current issues, and all aspects of the situation taking place in the province.

In particular, many press agencies and reporters closely followed the flood situation and the difficulties of the people in the Western Nghe An region affected by the flood to reflect and propagate, and at the same time provided practical support and assistance as well as called on the community to join hands to overcome the situation.

Besides the positive activities and contributions of the press, according to comrade Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications, there is still a situation where some press agencies reflect in an unobjective manner, and draw headlines that are not true to the nature of the problem. Therefore, it is recommended that press agencies should overcome this.

Comrade Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications said that there is still a situation where some press agencies reflect without objectivity, and draw headlines that are not true to the nature of the problem; therefore, he requested that press agencies should overcome this. Photo: Mai Hoa

At the meeting, many issues were of interest to the press agencies and they requested the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Department of Information and Communications to advise and propose to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee to intervene and direct.

Concerned about the recent flooding in the western districts, Director of the provincial Radio and Television Station Nguyen Nhu Khoi suggested that the province should comprehensively assess the causes of the floods, clarifying how much of the cause was from hydropower. From there, propose measures and solutions to avoid a recurrence of this situation as well as assign responsibility for improving the lives of people in the affected areas.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper Tran Van Hung suggested that the province direct the implementation with a more unified and scientific approach and do a good job of ideological work in transferring junior high school teachers to primary schools. Photo: Mai Hoa

Regarding the issue of transferring secondary school teachers to primary school, each locality does it differently, there is no unity and consensus among the teaching staff, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper Tran Van Hung suggested that the province direct the implementation with a more unified and scientific approach and do a good job of ideological work for teachers.

Journalist Tran Quang Dai (Labor newspaper) said that in order to limit dishonest or illegal articles, state management agencies also need to change the way they evaluate press activities every month, specifically, they need to evaluate and commend articles in which journalists have real work and influence; along with that, they need to frankly point out journalists, poor articles or false information, without avoiding it.

Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Kha Van Tam oriented some propaganda focuses in September. Photo: Mai Hoa

Besides the attention and facilitation of press operations from many sectors, agencies and units, according to some journalists, there is still a situation where some sectors and agencies avoid or make it difficult to provide information to the press by making long appointments, wasting time and making repeated trips for the press agency or setting up "sub-licenses" on the Press Law.

Some press agencies also suggested that the province should seriously handle the issues reported by the press, thereby limiting the rise of small mistakes into big ones or from isolated to widespread...

At the meeting, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Kha Van Tam oriented a number of propaganda focuses in September, including paying attention to and devoting time to reflect and propagate based on in-depth analysis and advice to the province in implementing Resolutions and Directives at all levels on socio-economics, national defense and security, and Party building and political system building. Comrade Kha Van Tam also noted that press agencies need to devote time and open special pages to continue responding to quality journalism awards.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department acknowledged the contributions of press agencies and journalists and promised to advise the Provincial Party Committee to direct the handling of issues of press concern.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department gave a speech at the press conference in September 2018. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department also hopes that press agencies will continue to promote the role of revolutionary journalism, operate in accordance with the principles and purposes, and that journalists need to promote the qualities and ethics of revolutionary journalists, accompany the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department in the work of information, propaganda, explanation, and contribution of ideas for Nghe An to develop sustainably.

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