Prime Minister attends the opening ceremony of the 2019 National Press Festival
(Baonghean.vn) - This is the 4th year the National Press Festival has been organized by the Vietnam Journalists Association and the Hanoi People's Committee in coordination with the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
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| The opening ceremony of the 2019 National Press Festival took place on the morning of March 15 at the Hanoi Museum. Attending the event were Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc; former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Head of the Central Propaganda Department Vo Van Thuong; Head of the Central Internal Affairs Department Phan Dinh Trac; Chairman of the Journalists Association Thuan Huu, along with leaders of ministries, departments, local branches, journalist associations at all levels, and news agencies and newspapers. Photo: Nhu Bien |
The 2019 National Press Festival attracted 75 booths from central and local branches, federations, and journalism training institutions...
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| The Prime Minister and leaders cut the ribbon to open the Press Conference. Photo: Nhu Bien |
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that “The National Press Festival is a lively traditional activity, a meaningful event, contributing to enriching the press life”. The Prime Minister highly appreciated the role of the press, considering the press as the main means of information, a vanguard force on the ideological and cultural front, and a broad forum for the people.
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| Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave instructions at the opening ceremony. Photo: Nhu Bien |
The Prime Minister also highly appreciated the role of the Vietnam Journalists Association in gathering journalists, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of journalists, and carrying out many professional activities to improve the quality of the country's press...
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| Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits the exhibition booth of the North Central press cluster. Photo: Nhu Bien |
With the theme "Vietnamese Press: Innovation - Creativity - Responsibility - For the benefit of the country and the people", the 2019 National Press Festival took place from March 15-17 with many professional activities, seminars, talks, forums... such as: Talk show about journalist Huynh Van Tieng - former Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Forum "Press - a bridge between businesses and the Government"; Forum "Young journalists and training and fostering young journalists" combined with the exchange "Young journalists with generations of journalists"; Exhibition "Celebrating 70 years of Huynh Thuc Khang Journalism School"; Exhibition of press photos: "Daily life"; Exhibition of press photos: "Spring colors in all regions of the country"...
Within the framework of the Press Festival, the Organizing Committee will award 6 prizes: “Impressive and unique display booth”; “Beautiful Tet newspaper cover”; “Beautiful electronic newspaper interface”; “Impressive radio and television program on the occasion of the Year of the Pig”; “Scientific research and journalism work”; “Excellent reportage on the topic of environment, climate change, and natural disaster prevention in 2018”.