Vietnam News Agency (VNA) signs new cooperation agreement with Mongolian news agency.

On the morning of August 15th in Hanoi, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Director General of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), and Ms. Ganchimeg Badamdorj, Director General of the Mongolian news agency Montsame, signed a new Cooperation Agreement between the two agencies to strengthen professional cooperation in the digital age.

The Director General of VNA welcomes and holds talks with Director General Montsame Ganchimeg Badamdorj. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)

Under this cooperation agreement, the two companies will maintain the exchange of written information in English and photographic information with English captions, enhance the exchange of video information, especially documentaries introducing the people and countries of Vietnam and Mongolia, and promote investment and business cooperation opportunities in each country.

Regarding other areas of cooperation, the leaders of the two agencies committed to maintaining annual exchanges of journalist delegations; continuing to support each other at regional and international press forums in which both sides participate, especially within the framework of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).

Speaking at the meeting, Director General of VNA Nguyen Duc Loi stated that in the past, the two agencies had implemented the cooperation agreement under the Protocol on Professional Cooperation of 2001 relatively fully, but it was still not commensurate with the potential for cooperation between the two sides; he expressed his desire for both sides to further strengthen cooperation in the future.

General Director of VNA Nguyen Duc Loi announced the APEC Vietnam 2017 event and affirmed that, as the host news agency of the event, VNA is ready to provide information about the event to Montsame and hopes that Montsame will enhance the promotion of the event on its media channels.

Congratulating VNA on its recent achievements, Montsame Director General Ganchimeg Badamdorj, who visited Vietnam from August 13-18 at the invitation of the VNA Director General, expressed her desire to further strengthen cooperation between the two news agencies. Director General Ganchimeg Badamdorj stated that Montsame has made efforts to expand the reach of its information by promptly updating official information on social media channels.

The leaders of the two agencies shared the view that VNA and Montsame need to strengthen the exchange of information on the economic, trade, investment, and tourism sectors of the two countries so that the business communities and people of both countries can enhance mutual understanding and expand economic cooperation between the two countries.

Director General of VNA Nguyen Duc Loi and Director General of Montsame Ganchimeg Badamdorj after the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)

Founded in 1921, the Mongolian News Agency Montsame is one of Mongolia's oldest media organizations. Headquartered in the capital Ulaanbaatar, Montsame has a total of 108 staff members, including reporters and editors, 20 bureaus in provinces and cities across the country, and two overseas bureaus located in Moscow (Russia) and Beijing (China).

Montsame's main task was to collect and provide the latest information on national events to government agencies and news outlets, and to disseminate this information to the public.

Montsame also compiles the most up-to-date news from international sources, providing it to Mongolian readers. Another mission of the agency is to promote Mongolia's history, culture, and development to foreign readers.

According to Vietnam+