Using digital technology to make news has become a matter of survival for journalism.

The conference was attended by representatives of the following agencies: Government Office; Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; representatives of non-governmental organizations; Ministry of Home Affairs; leaders of Phu Yen province; leaders of the Association and Office of the Journalists Association, representatives of newspapers and radio stations of the Central Highlands provinces.

Comrades: Nguyen Duc Loi - Permanent Vice President of Vietnam Journalists Association; Tran Trong Dung - Vice President of Vietnam Journalists Association; Pham Doan Anh Kiet - Vice President in charge of Phu Yen Journalists Association chaired the conference.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, comrade Nguyen Duc Loi shared: After nearly 4 years of implementation, the Program to support high-quality press works at all levels of the Journalists' Association for the period 2021 - 2025 has had many good successes in supporting journalists and the development of Vietnamese journalism.

Since 2024, the National Press Awards Council has revised and completed the Awards Charter. In particular, two new award groups have been added: Print Magazine and Electronic Magazine Awards; Digital Press Product Awards and Creative Media Journalism Projects.

This supplement has proactively followed the Party's new viewpoints and policies, the General Secretary's guidance, in line with the strategy issued by the Prime Minister and in line with the current practice and general development trends of the press and media.

At the conference, delegates also heard representatives of the Professional Board and the Vietnam Journalists Association discuss the criteria for high-quality works that meet the requirements of the Charter of the 19th National Press Award - 2024.

The presentations at the conference presented assessments of the results achieved as well as difficulties and shortcomings in the implementation of the High-Quality Journalism Support Program; at the same time, proposed practical solutions to implement the program more effectively in the coming time.

The conference also heard experiences and comments from press agencies on digital transformation. Journalist Le Xuan Trung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper discussed the application of digital technology achievements in creating high-quality press works, meeting the needs of modern journalism and improving propaganda capacity.

Journalist Ngo Tran Thinh - Head of Digital Content Department, Ho Chi Minh City Television News Center, discussed the application of technology to produce multimedia press products and creative journalism... Thereby, contributing to improving the quality of multimedia press works in the context of digital transformation to meet current journalism requirements.

The conference also summarized and evaluated the implementation results and shared experiences in applying digital transformation to improve the quality of press works in the process of implementing the High-Quality Press Support Program according to Decision No. 558/QD-TTg dated April 8, 2021 of the Prime Minister and Decision No. 348/QD-TTg dated April 6, 2023 of the Prime Minister on "Approval of the strategy for digital transformation of journalism to 2025, with a vision to 2030".

From there, meeting the new requirements of the National Press Awards Charter issued together with Decision No. 50/QD-HDGBCQG dated June 21, 2024 of the National Press Awards Council on promulgating the National Press Awards Charter (amended and supplemented); ensuring high-quality press works associated with the goal of propagating the sustainable development tasks of the region.