National Press Festival 2024: Pioneering and innovating for the revolutionary cause of the Party and People
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 15, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Journalists Association coordinated with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to organize the 2024 National Press Festival. The event took place from March 15 to 17, 2024, with the participation of press agencies across the country.
Attending the National Press Conference were comrades: Nguyen Van Nen - Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Tran Luu Quang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister; Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association. Also attending were leaders and former leaders of central and Ho Chi Minh City departments, ministries and branches; leaders of a number of provinces and cities and representatives of press agencies nationwide.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nguyen Ba Hao - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications; Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association, Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station; Ho Thi Ngan - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association; Ngo Duc Kien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper.
JOURNALISTS' DAY
Since 2016, when the Spring Press Festival was renamed the National Press Festival by the Vietnam Journalists Association and held annually, this activity has gradually become a cultural beauty of the press every spring. This is an opportunity to honor the achievements of the Vietnamese press, promote attractive press products associated with the tireless work and creativity of journalists; an opportunity for exchanges and meetings between journalists and the public, encouraging the press to perform well its functions and tasks, meeting the increasing information needs of the people, contributing to enhancing the role, position and prestige of the Vietnam Journalists Association in political and social life.
The 2024 National Press Festival with the theme "Vietnamese Press - Pioneering and innovating for the revolutionary cause of the Party and the People" is a highlight of the professionalism and modernity of the press, clearly demonstrating the quality and scale of professional activities. On the sidelines of the press festival are exhibitions, displays, and special cultural and artistic programs.
The 2024 National Press Festival brings together nearly 300 central and local press agencies, all levels of the Vietnam Journalists Association in 63 provinces and cities across the country with exhibition spaces on the history of Vietnamese journalism; special exhibition booths of central press agencies and publications from popular to specialized, covering the fields of economic - political - cultural - social - defense - security - foreign affairs.
Along with traditional exhibitions and displays, the 2024 National Press Festival will organize for the first time a "National Press Forum" with large-scale professional activities, with the participation of more than 60 speakers who are experienced journalists, leaders of leading press agencies in Vietnam, and prestigious international media experts.
The National Press Forum will be a high-quality professional activity with 10 discussion sessions on hot topics of interest to the press, such as: Enhancing Party spirit and orientation in press activities; Building a cultural press environment; Data journalism and outstanding content strategy; Investing and effectively applying technology in newsrooms; Competitiveness of television in the AI era; Investigative reporting - Journey to do useful things; Effective cooperation model between press, businesses and advertising agencies;...
The 2024 National Press Festival also brings to the public special cultural and artistic programs, presents Spring press awards, and the Journalist & Public Opinion Cup football tournament. Notably, this year's National Press Festival has the participation of 64 OCOP product booths from 50 provinces and centrally-run cities. This shows the attraction and role of media and press in promoting economic development.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, comrade Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Head of the Steering Committee of the National Press Festival 2024 emphasized: “With the spirit of innovation and creativity in activities, this National Press Festival not only expands its scale compared to previous ones but also has to change its organization method, aiming at effective and modern journalism. Press products must be displayed in a more diverse and attractive manner, professional discussions need to be carefully prepared and implemented more elaborately, directly meeting the development needs of press agencies...
This year, with the support of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Vietnam Journalists Association is determined to bring the Press Festival to the City named after Uncle Ho for the first time, with the desire to create favorable conditions for all levels of the Journalists Association, press agencies and the press public in the South to join in the common joy of the festival of journalists.
PIONEER, INNOVATION FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE OF THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE
Acknowledging the proud marks of the Vietnamese press, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia emphasized: “Vietnamese journalists have the right to be proud of a revolutionary press founded by President Ho Chi Minh, which is an inseparable part of contemporary Vietnamese history. With their talent, enthusiasm and blood, generations of Vietnamese journalists and soldiers have built the foundation of contemporary journalism; it is a source of pride and a shining example for journalists and members today to reflect on themselves, to improve themselves, to learn the profession, to practice ethics to do journalism properly and well, and then to wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly contribute, so as not to be ashamed of the tradition of generations of fathers and brothers over the past century”.
To be worthy of the role and glorious mission of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia suggested that press agencies continue to promote the movement of building cultural press agencies and cultural journalists. This work needs to go into depth, must become a daily cultural habit of each journalist and member, in all working behaviors, thereby contributing to the creation of many quality press products, rich in good cultural values, arousing and orienting positive cultural flows in social life.
In recent years, the continuous development of multi-platform, multimedia journalism, data journalism with digital tools such as artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, etc. has created both opportunities and challenges for press agencies as well as journalists. Artificial intelligence and technology can become virtual assistants for journalism. However, we are facing the risk of fake news, misleading news created by artificial intelligence and other digital tools, the challenge of illegal use of "data capital", press copyright in the digital environment. Journalists need to be proactive, united to find solutions to improve competitiveness, fight copyright, fight against fake news, push back bad, toxic information, misleading information, so that official press information becomes the most important mainstream information in the digital space, contributing to building a healthy information society, serving each reader, audience, serving the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.
Promoting the 99-year tradition of Vietnamese revolutionary journalism, continuing the successes of journalism in the cause of innovation, Vietnamese revolutionary journalism needs to actively and strongly transform digitally, strengthen human resource training in professional expertise, deepen research on the public and modern journalism and media trends. It is necessary to ensure journalistic works are oriented, specialized, attractive and personalized. Each journalist must always consciously study, research, and train himself to have political mettle, cultural foundation, technological skills and a spirit of dedication and humanity for the benefit of the nation, for the prosperity and happiness of the people. Journalists must first of all be the most exemplary in terms of moral qualities, contributing their intelligence and talent to Party building, through their journalistic works, deeply and strongly impacting social development processes.
The press must both study theory and practical life, summarize practice, communicate policies, and continue to monitor and criticize society, fight against corruption and negativity more strongly and effectively. It is a bridge connecting the Party's will and the people's hearts, and one of the factors contributing to connecting the great solidarity of the Vietnamese people and between Vietnam and friends around the world.
With solidarity, strategic vision and sense of responsibility, the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press and the team of journalists will firmly stand in the pioneering position, innovating for the revolutionary cause of the Party and the People.
National Press Conference of the year 2024Opening at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, March 15, 2024 on Le Loi Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.The closing ceremony will take place at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2024, and will be broadcast live on Voice of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Television and Ho Chi Minh City People's Voice. The national press forum will take place on March 15 and 16, 2024 at REX Hotel, 141 Nguyen Hue Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.